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6,740 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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Landslides in Italy, protests in Beijing (China) and the hunger in Ukraine drew the news. Ukraine's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostItaly 45 in 100 of its 244 stories, usually 17
RegionEast Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Italy

109 of its 244 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Ischia accounted for 84 of Italy's 109 stories about harm, carried by 368 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Landslides were named in 77 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, earthquake and flooding. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Ischia stories →
Protests & strikes

China

379 of its 842 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Beijing accounted for 140 of China's 379 stories about harm, carried by 217 outlets. 91 of Beijing's 140 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (215 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

China over 30 days → its stories → Beijing stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

170 of its 363 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kyiv accounted for 76 of Ukraine's 170 stories about harm, carried by 197 outlets. Hunger was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with heavy rain, snowstorms and extreme cold. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Belarus

16 of its 26 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories).

Belarus over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Brazil

36 of its 128 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Trinidad & Tobago

16 of its 35 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Valsayn accounted for 14 of Trinidad & Tobago's 16 stories about harm, carried by 5 outlets. Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Health

Singapore

20 of its 65 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

UK

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Diphtheria was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

Mogadishu accounted for 16 of Somalia's 29 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Trinidad & Tobago (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); diphtheria in UK (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in US (46 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 Nov. 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 6,740 stories about harm among 35,481 counted on 27 Nov.

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Italy's news was 45% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. of the day's 35,481 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Italy for the second day running. On 27 November 2021, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Ukraine, on 6 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ukraine47 in 100 of its 363 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence China45 in 100 of its 842 stories · usually 24 · mostly health Italy45 in 100 of its 244 stories · usually 17 · mostly disasters & accidents Zimbabwe37 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 26 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan37 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Shanghai China81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90 Washington US57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 200 Xinjiang China39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 50 Tehran Iran35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 37

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readUnited States: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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'sNigeria: 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 readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than 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 a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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 twice as fearful as the world's · 17 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 101 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 170 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 170 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health34% 2,248 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 1,606 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 1,018 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 837 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 331 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 295 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 219 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 103 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 killed1,921 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected651 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests640 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured610 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees70 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced59 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations58 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Italy Stories reporting abductions55 at about the usual rate

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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