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8,456 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 day's news pointed at protests in Tehran (Iran), violence in Sinaloa and arrests in Sudan. Iran's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostIran 76 in 100 of its 184 stories, usually 54
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Iran

140 of its 184 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tehran accounted for 51 of Iran's 140 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. 38 of Tehran's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Mexico

108 of its 233 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Sinaloa accounted for 36 of Mexico's 108 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (46 stories).

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

Mali

17 of its 22 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Bamako accounted for 15 of Mali's 17 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Cuba

20 of its 40 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Kenya

38 of its 116 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 10 of Eldoret's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. 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.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

France

69 of its 276 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Paris accounted for 48 of France's 69 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. 28 of Paris' 48 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

91 of its 223 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jerusalem accounted for 47 of Israel's 91 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

India

Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (23 stories). Landslides were named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning, extreme cold and food poisoning.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Australia (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in Canada (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in India (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in US (43 of its stories, about 4 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 7 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 8,456 stories about harm among 41,377 counted on 7 Jan.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 41,377 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 7 January 2022, 29 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iran76 in 100 of its 184 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir47 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Mexico46 in 100 of its 233 stories · usually 25 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan46 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Israel41 in 100 of its 223 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 307 Tehran Iran38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 51 Paris France28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48 Basij Iran26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 26 London UK17 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137

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: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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 readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican 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 readCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than 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

● Iran about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 140 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 177 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 100 stories about harm ● Cambodia few stories a little warmer than the world's · 13 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 2,636 stories · less than usual (usually 34%) Rights & justice25% 2,119 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents15% 1,249 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence13% 1,118 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 408 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 360 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 255 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 178 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 killed2,265 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,045 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected722 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured546 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions64 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations64 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting refugees63 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people displaced54 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and Ukraine

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 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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