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23,460 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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The day's news pointed at a disaster in Port-au-Prince, illness in Kuala Lumpur and protests in Yangon (Myanmar). Haiti's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 56 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHaiti 91 in 100 of its 89 stories, usually 63
RegionSoutheast Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 39
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Haiti

81 of its 89 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 27 of Haiti's 81 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Health

Malaysia

183 of its 447 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 100 of Malaysia's 183 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories → Kuala Lumpur stories →
Rights & justice

Colombia

30 of its 74 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories →
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Health

Russia

268 of its 831 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Heatwave was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 65 of Bangladesh's 106 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Outbreaks were named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Hong Kong

121 of its 240 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Causeway Bay accounted for 73 of Hong Kong's 121 stories about harm, carried by 210 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories).

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Health

New Zealand

Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain and storms. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Switzerland

79 of its 242 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

57 of its 92 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Bangladesh (30 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (66 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Spain (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tornadoes in US (778 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 23,460 stories about harm among 89,291 counted on 15 Dec.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Haiti. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 89,291 stories, as usual. Mentions of outbreaks ran about 8 times their usual in Bangladesh's news. In Haiti, 91% of the news was about people being harmed, where 63% is usual. On 15 December 2020, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 26 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti91 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 63 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir62 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda57 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 47 · mostly health Sudan57 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Yemen51 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US235 stories about protests or strikes, of its 967 London UK49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 462 New York US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 304 Moscow Russia24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138 Beijing China23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 118

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier 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 a little angrier than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMongolia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sMaldives: 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Haiti about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● North Korea few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 19 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Colombia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 30 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 268 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health56% 13,126 stories · about as usual Rights & justice15% 3,603 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 2,877 stories · more than usual (usually 10%) Conflict & violence6% 1,395 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 722 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 648 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 589 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 289 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 killed4,950 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,522 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,420 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured944 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations122 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions105 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced78 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Qatar

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 softer than 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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