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14,946 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 violence in Dnipro, a disaster in Pokhara and protests in Tehran (Iran). Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNepal 83 in 100 of its 276 stories, usually 51
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Ukraine

356 of its 836 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dnipro accounted for 146 of Ukraine's 356 stories about harm, carried by 222 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Dnipro stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

230 of its 276 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Pokhara accounted for 180 of Nepal's 230 stories about harm, carried by 262 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Pokhara stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 56 of Iran's 108 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. 28 of Tehran's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Belarus

36 of its 78 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 15 of Minsk's 20 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Health

Switzerland

143 of its 654 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

28 of its 39 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Sanaa accounted for 15 of Yemen's 28 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets.

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Health

Vietnam

64 of its 224 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

24 of its 27 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

79 of its 221 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in China (90 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Ireland (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in UK (59 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); plane crash in US (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 14,946 stories about harm among 75,092 counted on 17 Jan.

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Mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual in China's news. of the day's 75,092 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. On 17 January 2022, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 20 today. Ukraine's news was 43% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nepal83 in 100 of its 276 stories · usually 51 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia72 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Peru52 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Palestine52 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Iran50 in 100 of its 216 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 373 Garzweiler Germany59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 60 Delhi India32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194 London UK30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254 Tehran Iran28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 56

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'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'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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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: 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'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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 readEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readComoros: 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: 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'sBurundi: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little angrier than 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 fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: 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

● Kashmir few stories about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 356 stories about harm ● Nepal about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 230 stories about harm ● United Arab Emirates few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Palestine few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 38 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 4,738 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,543 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents16% 2,339 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence11% 1,653 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 904 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 826 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 481 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 273 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 killed3,678 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,544 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,396 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured745 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions118 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees112 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting evacuations91 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill5 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China

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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