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14,319 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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Violence in Sinaloa, protests in Nairobi (Kenya) and people killed in Portugal drew the news. Kenya's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMexico 37 in 100 of its 491 stories, usually 24
RegionCentral Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Mexico

183 of its 491 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Sinaloa accounted for 86 of Mexico's 183 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (106 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories → Sinaloa stories →
Protests & strikes

Kenya

72 of its 193 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 23 of Nairobi's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Health

Portugal

14 of its 80 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

101 of its 183 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kabul accounted for 38 of Afghanistan's 101 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Chad

14 of its 24 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 4 of Ndjamena's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

21 of its 58 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 8 of Minsk's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 60 of Iran's 109 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. 35 of Tehran's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Moscow accounted for 97 of Russia's 179 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

32 of its 86 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 11 of Colombo's 14 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Greece (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Norway (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Indonesia (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in France (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 Jan. 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 14,319 stories about harm among 69,951 counted on 6 Jan.

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In Greece's news, mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 69,951 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 6 January 2022, 29 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. In Mexico, 37% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iran59 in 100 of its 184 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan55 in 100 of its 183 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Syria53 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine52 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir47 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US234 stories about protests or strikes, of its 652 London UK40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 257 Tehran Iran35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 60 New York US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173 Nairobi Kenya23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 31

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: 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'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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'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 readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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 readIreland: 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: 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 readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readWestern 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 readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: 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 readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSuriname: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice 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 angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 200 stories about harm ● Kenya about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 207 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 101 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 109 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health35% 4,932 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 3,257 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,019 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence12% 1,667 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 916 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 598 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 481 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 235 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 killed3,368 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,726 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,163 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured689 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees123 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions86 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations65 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 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 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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