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15,638 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 news turned to drownings in Bangladesh, people injured in Uganda and protests in Khartoum (Sudan). Bangladesh's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 62 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBangladesh 74 in 100 of its 284 stories, usually 40
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

209 of its 284 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Dhaka accounted for 141 of Bangladesh's 209 stories about harm, carried by 392 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Drownings were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Health

Uganda

33 of its 54 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

155 of its 298 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

South Korea

119 of its 342 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Seoul accounted for 74 of South Korea's 119 stories about harm, carried by 247 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Health

Nigeria

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Accidents were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Ecuador

24 of its 27 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

58 of its 111 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →
Health

United Arab Emirates

39 of its 133 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Philippines (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Russia (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in Australia (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); accidents in Nigeria (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Canada (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

28 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 15,638 stories about harm among 55,523 counted on 24 Dec.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 19 September 2021. Stories about people being harmed made up 28 in every 100 of the day's 55,523 stories, above the usual 26. Mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual in Bangladesh's news. In Bangladesh, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 40% is usual. A year earlier, on 24 December 2020, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 28 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bangladesh74 in 100 of its 284 stories · usually 40 · mostly disasters & accidents Uganda61 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 38 · mostly health Trinidad & Tobago58 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 35 · mostly health Palestine55 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Syria55 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 539 Beijing China61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138 Madison County US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 38 Delhi India23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 268 Khartoum Sudan18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 21

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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'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'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'sRomania: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGermany: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: 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'sEgypt: 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 readDenmark: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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 readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 warmer 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 grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times 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 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little warmer 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 few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 209 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 24 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 11 stories about harm ● Ireland a little warmer than the world's · 143 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as angry as the world's · 128 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health62% 9,555 stories · more than usual (usually 58%) Rights & justice13% 1,963 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents11% 1,689 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 993 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 450 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 352 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 279 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 225 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 killed3,484 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests966 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured900 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting people displaced108 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations89 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees82 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting abductions69 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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