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What the world's news said happened to people.
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8,763 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Paris (France), violence in Darfur and flooding in Ukraine. France's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostFrance 47 in 100 of its 429 stories, usually 16
RegionSoutheast Asia 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

France

200 of its 429 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Paris accounted for 171 of France's 200 stories about harm, carried by 348 outlets. 120 of Paris' 171 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

14 of its 19 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Darfur accounted for 12 of Sudan's 14 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ukraine

314 of its 573 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (94 stories). Flooding was named in 102 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought and hurricane. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Nepal

33 of its 62 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kathmandu accounted for 25 of Nepal's 33 stories about harm, carried by 189 outlets. Poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

South Africa

120 of its 313 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Johannesburg accounted for 70 of South Africa's 120 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

92 of its 199 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 49 of Malaysia's 92 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Japan

90 of its 410 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (8 stories). Flu was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Russia

170 of its 498 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

India

642 of its 2,608 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories). Road crashes were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

39 of its 99 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Canada (87 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in Palestine (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in US (520 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); respiratory illness in China (30 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flu in Japan (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

23 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 8,763 stories about harm among 37,970 counted on 24 Dec.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 14 August 2022. of the day's 37,970 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Ukraine's news mentioned flooding more than ten times as often as usual. France's news was 47% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Thailand58 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 27 · mostly rights & justice Ukraine55 in 100 of its 573 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Nepal53 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice Iran52 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice France47 in 100 of its 429 stories · usually 16 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 171 Washington US54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 253 Kabul Afghanistan28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 39 Tehran Iran16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 24 London UK14 stories about protests or strikes, of its 100

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sYemen: 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: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'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'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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: too little coverage to readMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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: feelings about like the world'sCôte 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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 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 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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

● France about three times as angry as the world's · 200 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 181 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as fearful as the world's · 314 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Nepal few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 39 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 2,538 stories · much less than usual (usually 35%) Disasters & accidents26% 2,236 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Rights & justice18% 1,590 stories · much less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence9% 818 stories · about as usual Shelter & services7% 588 stories · more than usual (usually 4%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 406 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 346 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 killed2,215 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people affected836 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests738 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured666 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting refugees98 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions72 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting people displaced63 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations42 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and Bangladesh

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 about as 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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