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14,209 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 rights and justice in Kathmandu, violence in Jammu and people killed in Malawi. Nepal'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 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostFrance 39 in 100 of its 724 stories, usually 15
RegionNorth America 28 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

79 of its 129 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kathmandu accounted for 72 of Nepal's 79 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Poisoning was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

52 of its 107 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Jammu accounted for 25 of Kashmir's 52 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Health

Malawi

23 of its 45 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Malawi over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Canada

497 of its 1,563 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Extreme cold was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts, flooding and heavy rain.

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

France

283 of its 724 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Paris accounted for 225 of France's 283 stories about harm, carried by 484 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (160 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 32 of Iran's 65 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. 20 of Tehran's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 45 of Afghanistan's 66 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. 27 of Kabul's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Rights & justice

Gambia

18 of its 21 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Chile

20 of its 59 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Togo

5 of its 11 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in South Korea (16 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in Ireland (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in US (349 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hurricane in Ukraine (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in China (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 14,209 stories about harm among 63,935 counted on 23 Dec.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 4 September 2022. 22 in every 100 of the day's 63,935 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. For the third day running, the news turned to Nepal. Nepal's news mentioned poisoning about 5 times as often as usual. Nepal's news was 61% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nepal61 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 30 · mostly rights & justice Rwanda55 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Iran54 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice Peru52 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir49 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 499 Paris France61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 225 London UK53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174 Kabul Afghanistan27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 45 Delhi India20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 183

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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'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: too little coverage to readRomania: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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'sKuwait: 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'sIreland: 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'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: 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'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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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 readAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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 readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTogo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful 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 fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNepal: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGibraltar: coverage a little angrier 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

● Nepal about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 235 stories about harm ● France about twice as angry as the world's · 283 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 65 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 118 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 4,598 stories · less than usual (usually 36%) Disasters & accidents24% 3,422 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Rights & justice18% 2,534 stories · much less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence9% 1,256 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 766 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 731 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 478 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 244 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 killed2,881 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,343 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,149 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured773 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations76 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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