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21,723 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.

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Rights and justice in Chiapas, people displaced in Kabul and arrests in Norway drew the news. Mexico's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 54 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMexico 59 in 100 of its 501 stories, usually 27
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Mexico

297 of its 501 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Chiapas accounted for 151 of Mexico's 297 stories about harm, carried by 507 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (192 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories → Chiapas stories →
Health

Norway

33 of its 94 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Norway over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

60 of its 172 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories →
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Health

Tunisia

44 of its 79 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tunis accounted for 37 of Tunisia's 44 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

61 of its 80 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. 16 of Yangon's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

54 of its 98 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Baghdad accounted for 33 of Iraq's 54 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Illness was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

Jammu accounted for 24 of Kashmir's 36 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Chad

19 of its 32 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Health

Switzerland

69 of its 190 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Iraq (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); helicopter crash in India (120 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in UK (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in China (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 Dec. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 21,723 stories about harm among 85,220 counted on 10 Dec.

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Mexico stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. 25 in every 100 of the day's 85,220 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 10 December 2020, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar76 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan66 in 100 of its 262 stories · usually 54 · mostly displacement Mexico59 in 100 of its 501 stories · usually 27 · mostly rights & justice Tunisia56 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 43 · mostly health Iraq55 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 860 Chiapas Mexico57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 151 Chicago US45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 473 London UK40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 470 Delhi India30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: feelings about like the world'sSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: coverage a little more fearful than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Norway few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Mexico about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 297 stories about harm ● Myanmar about twice as angry as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Ethiopia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 40 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health54% 11,620 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 4,178 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents9% 2,017 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,462 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 778 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 674 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 519 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 290 stories · about as usual

Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.

Harm reported 30 days →

Stories reporting people killed4,585 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,457 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,285 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees166 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced107 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations102 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions95 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as usual

From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?

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