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What the world's news said happened to people.
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8,171 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 protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh), the cyclone in the Philippines and rights and justice in Brussels. Congo's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Germany → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostJersey 66 in 100 of its 93 stories, usually 16
RegionSoutheast Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

83 of its 193 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Dhaka accounted for 55 of Bangladesh's 83 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. 41 of Dhaka's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Philippines

109 of its 270 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Cyclone was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Congo

11 of its 15 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Iran

91 of its 144 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tehran accounted for 55 of Iran's 91 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. 41 of Tehran's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Peru

31 of its 64 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Lima accounted for 19 of Peru's 31 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. 16 of Lima's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Tunisia

14 of its 31 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Tunis accounted for 13 of Tunisia's 14 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. 7 of Tunis' 13 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Health

Sweden

22 of its 62 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jersey

61 of its 93 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Germany

111 of its 313 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hiv in France (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Mexico (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Sweden (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in India (83 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Ireland (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

20 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 8,171 stories about harm among 41,749 counted on 10 Dec.

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In France's news, mentions of HIV ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 41,749 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Germany. the news turned to Bangladesh for the second day running.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Jersey66 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 16 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran63 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Peru48 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 30 · mostly rights & justice Hong Kong46 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 23 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan45 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 235 Dhaka Bangladesh41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 55 Tehran Iran41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 55 Los Angeles US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108 Beijing China33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 readTrinidad & 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'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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'sSouth Africa: 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'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 twice as fearful as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 91 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 142 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 22 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 179 stories about harm ● Mexico few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 30 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 2,691 stories · less than usual (usually 36%) Rights & justice28% 2,290 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents15% 1,237 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Conflict & violence10% 809 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 337 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 291 stories · less than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services4% 284 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 136 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 killed1,833 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests896 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected624 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured398 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions115 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting refugees60 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced49 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations48 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Jersey

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 harsher 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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