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15,553 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 rights and justice in Kathmandu, protests in Tehran (Iran) and the covid in North Korea. Nepal's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNepal 51 in 100 of its 87 stories, usually 28
RegionNorth America 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Rights & justice

Nepal

44 of its 87 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kathmandu accounted for 41 of Nepal's 44 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

133 of its 219 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 67 of Iran's 133 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. 38 of Tehran's 67 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Uganda

44 of its 80 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kampala accounted for 26 of Uganda's 44 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Gambia

31 of its 52 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Banjul accounted for 19 of the Gambia's 31 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bahamas

50 of its 204 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 20 of Nassau's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Venezuela

20 of its 42 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

110 of its 310 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 65 of Malaysia's 110 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Cameroon

8 of its 17 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: covid in India (349 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (57 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); respiratory illness in China (36 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); extreme cold in US (302 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in Ukraine (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 15,553 stories about harm among 72,631 counted on 22 Dec.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 29 September 2022. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 72,631 stories, above the usual 19. It was the second day running that the news turned to Nepal. In India's news, mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual. On 22 December 2021, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iran61 in 100 of its 219 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Gambia60 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Uganda55 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice Syria54 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal51 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 28 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 485 Tehran Iran38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 67 Kabul Afghanistan33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 62 Moscow Russia33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129 London UK29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: no storiesU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: no storiesSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPhilippines: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: no storiesPakistan: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: no storiesLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: no storiesGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: no storiesNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBangladesh: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: near the world's share or lessMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: near the world's share or lessSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 30 in 100 of its 130 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Yemen: 52 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Venezuela: 48 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Ukraine: 29 in 100 of its 1,137 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Uganda: 55 in 100 of its 80 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Syria: 54 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Sweden: 33 in 100 of its 141 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)South Sudan: 77 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Sudan: 52 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Sri Lanka: 32 in 100 of its 142 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)South Africa: 31 in 100 of its 539 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Somalia: 67 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Rwanda: 62 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Peru: 45 in 100 of its 58 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)North Korea: 53 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Nigeria: 27 in 100 of its 856 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)New Zealand: 35 in 100 of its 240 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Nepal: 51 in 100 of its 87 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Malaysia: 35 in 100 of its 310 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Malawi: 43 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Libya: 55 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Israel: 28 in 100 of its 513 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 50 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Iraq: 43 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Iran: 61 in 100 of its 219 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Honduras: 71 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Haiti: 55 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Gambia: 60 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Ethiopia: 39 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Greenland: 60 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Cuba: 35 in 100 of its 34 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Colombia: 37 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)China: 33 in 100 of its 1,697 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Canada: 27 in 100 of its 1,802 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Cameroon: 47 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Cambodia: 38 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Myanmar: 71 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Burkina Faso: 100 in 100 of its 5 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Benin: 55 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Afghanistan: 39 in 100 of its 261 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 37 in 100 of its 70 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)China: 33 in 100 of its 1,697 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 50 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 50 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 37 in 100 of its 70 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 37 in 100 of its 70 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Ukraine: 29 in 100 of its 1,137 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 50 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 37 in 100 of its 70 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 21 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Iran 61 in 100 of its 219 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Uganda 55 in 100 of its 80 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Gambia 60 in 100 of its 52 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Nepal 51 in 100 of its 87 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Syria 54 in 100 of its 52 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 50 in 100 of its 68 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health35% 5,410 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 3,445 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Rights & justice19% 2,938 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence8% 1,287 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Shelter & services5% 739 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 735 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 553 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 259 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 killed3,132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,408 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,328 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured567 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting refugees193 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced113 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations44 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill9 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

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