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What the world's news said happened to people.
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15,456 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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Most of the day's attention went to rights and justice in Stockholm, illness in Pyongyang and storms in South Korea. the Netherlands' coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorth Korea 58 in 100 of its 76 stories, usually 21
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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Rights & justice

Sweden

80 of its 186 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Stockholm accounted for 56 of Sweden's 80 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Stockholm stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Korea

111 of its 323 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (72 stories). Storms were named in 49 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with snowstorms.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Netherlands

57 of its 213 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Rwanda

49 of its 87 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Peru

Lima accounted for 39 of Peru's 59 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. 34 of Lima's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

UK

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Hypothermia was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Argentina

46 of its 121 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Buenos Aires accounted for 36 of Argentina's 46 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets.

its stories →
Health

Tanzania

25 of its 56 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

16 of its 26 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 3 of Khartoum's 3 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Malaysia (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Japan (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Pakistan (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in India (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 15,456 stories about harm among 79,828 counted on 25 Jan.

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The news turned to Sweden for the fourth day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 79,828 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. In North Korea's news, mentions of respiratory illness ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 25 January 2022, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Sweden's news was 43% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Peru59 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice North Korea58 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 21 · mostly health Rwanda56 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Syria55 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine52 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 522 Delhi India71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 183 Los Angeles US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 323 London UK40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 227 Lima Peru34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 39

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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'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'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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina 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 readBolivia: 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'sBarbados: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 more grief-stricken than the world'sZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about three 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'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: 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'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Rwanda few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Netherlands about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● New Zealand a little warmer than the world's · 156 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health34% 5,160 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 3,865 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents14% 2,179 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,738 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 810 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 671 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 535 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 274 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 killed3,687 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,650 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,439 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured799 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees136 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced102 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting evacuations82 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US

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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