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12,777 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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People killed in Uzbekistan, protests in la Paz (Bolivia) and a disaster in Aranyaprathet drew the news. Uzbekistan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostUzbekistan 73 in 100 of its 74 stories, usually 18
RegionCentral Asia 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Uzbekistan

54 of its 74 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (52 stories). Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Uzbekistan over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bolivia

29 of its 36 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. la Paz accounted for 27 of Bolivia's 29 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. 24 of la Paz's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories → La Paz stories →
Disasters & accidents

Thailand

135 of its 232 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Aranyaprathet accounted for 73 of Thailand's 135 stories about harm, carried by 299 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 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.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Aranyaprathet stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

37 of its 70 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jammu accounted for 22 of Kashmir's 37 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Cambodia

71 of its 110 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Poipet accounted for 44 of Cambodia's 71 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Shelter & services

Ukraine

290 of its 670 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kyiv accounted for 155 of Ukraine's 290 stories about harm, carried by 493 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with snowstorms. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

156 of its 455 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (80 stories). Landslides were named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drownings and power cuts. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Hunger was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

56 of its 71 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Morocco

14 of its 53 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Afghanistan (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Philippines (36 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Malawi (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flu in Ireland (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Ukraine (14 of its stories, about three 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 29 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 12,777 stories about harm among 58,449 counted on 29 Dec.

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Uzbekistan stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. Mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual in Afghanistan's news. A year earlier, on 29 December 2021, 30 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 58,449 stories, above the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria79 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Uzbekistan73 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 18 · mostly health Cambodia65 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Thailand58 in 100 of its 232 stories · usually 29 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir53 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 363 Jerusalem Israel50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124 Kyiv Ukraine31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155 London UK30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146 Merdare 26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 34

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: feelings about like the world'sCayman 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 readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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 Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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: 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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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 readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominica: 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 readCosta 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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 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 readLiechtenstein: 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 readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier 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'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMaldives: 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 197 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 290 stories about harm ● Uzbekistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Cambodia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 68 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 4,696 stories · more than usual (usually 35%) Rights & justice20% 2,462 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents19% 2,345 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence9% 1,100 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 615 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 590 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 561 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 231 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 killed3,053 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,245 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,225 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured823 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees151 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions120 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations65 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
● 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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