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10,008 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 news turned to protests in Paris (France), evacuations in Ukraine and a disaster in Grindavik. Ukraine's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIceland 86 in 100 of its 90 stories, usually 42
RegionOceania 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

France

136 of its 436 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Paris accounted for 105 of France's 136 stories about harm, carried by 450 outlets. 64 of Paris' 105 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

191 of its 411 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Train derailment was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Philippines

127 of its 449 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Covid was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Fiji

31 of its 58 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Cyclone was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

42 of its 56 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Darfur accounted for 30 of Sudan's 42 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

UK

141 of London's 270 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (99 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

China

Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 265 of Palestine's 325 stories about harm, carried by 406 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Thailand

36 of its 89 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Ireland (68 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in Fiji (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Ghana (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in China (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heatwave in Australia (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 Nov. 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 10,008 stories about harm among 50,046 counted on 12 Nov.

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Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 20 in every 100 of the day's 50,046 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ireland's news, mentions of heavy rain ran about 5 times their usual. France stood out: 31% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. A year earlier, on 12 November 2022, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. This week the news turned most often to the Philippines, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iceland86 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan75 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Israel74 in 100 of its 1,964 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine61 in 100 of its 529 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Fiji53 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 15 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 270 Gaza Palestine66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 265 Shifa Israel65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232 Paris France64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 105 Tel Aviv Israel60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: too little coverage to readYemen: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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: feelings about like the world'sTogo: 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'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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 readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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'sGermany: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDominican 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 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: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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'sAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMaldives: 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

● Fiji few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,453 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Ghana few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 325 stories about harm ● Philippines about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 127 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence25% 2,471 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Health24% 2,345 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice21% 2,065 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 1,396 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 549 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 412 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 349 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 245 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 killed3,054 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,282 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,088 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured826 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions631 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced259 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees193 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations172 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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