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6,605 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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Protests in Paris (France), illness in Beijing and violence in Kherson drew the news. France's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and the US → Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Malaysia →
Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostFrance 48 in 100 of its 298 stories, usually 16
RegionSoutheast Asia 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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

France

142 of its 298 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Paris accounted for 111 of France's 142 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. 83 of Paris' 111 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Health

China

291 of its 715 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Beijing accounted for 126 of China's 291 stories about harm, carried by 168 outlets. Respiratory illness was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Ukraine

200 of its 442 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kherson accounted for 93 of Ukraine's 200 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Iran

65 of its 112 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tehran accounted for 36 of Iran's 65 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. 22 of Tehran's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Canada

191 of its 526 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Snowstorms were named in 45 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts, extreme cold and storms.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

220 of its 571 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Austria

18 of its 51 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Avalanche was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Health

Japan

49 of its 290 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

80 of its 143 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Canada (45 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); avalanche in Austria (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in US (276 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Palestine (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 6,605 stories about harm among 28,071 counted on 25 Dec.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 7 August 2022. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 28,071 stories, above the usual 20. France's news was 48% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and the US. the news turned to France for the second day running. This week the news turned most often to Nepal, on 4 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 →

Iran58 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice Malaysia56 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents South Africa52 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents France48 in 100 of its 298 stories · usually 16 · mostly rights & justice Indonesia45 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111 Washington US24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 122 Tehran Iran22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 36 Kabul Afghanistan20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 32 Jerusalem Israel12 stories about protests or strikes, of its 63

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: 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: too little coverage to readNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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 readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readDR 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sGaza: 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: 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: 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 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 grief-stricken as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt Vincent: 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'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMonaco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful 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

● France about three times as angry as the world's · 142 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 220 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 200 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 101 stories about harm ● Nigeria a little warmer than the world's · 140 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 1,996 stories · less than usual (usually 35%) Disasters & accidents23% 1,513 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Rights & justice18% 1,147 stories · much less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence13% 844 stories · more than usual (usually 10%) Shelter & services6% 369 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 288 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 232 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 159 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 killed2,014 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people affected722 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured631 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting arrests572 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees96 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting evacuations69 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Malaysia Stories reporting people displaced64 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions52 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.