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17,741 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 the heatwave in Brazil, violence in Abyei and livelihoods in Buenos Aires. Brazil's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostArgentina 31 in 100 of its 718 stories, usually 15
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Brazil

99 of its 430 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Heatwave was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Dominican Republic

35 of its 48 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain.

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Disasters & accidents

Türkiye

130 of its 457 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Heavy rain was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

44 of its 59 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

221 of its 733 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Earthquake was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 318 of Palestine's 382 stories about harm, carried by 444 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (248 stories). Hypothermia was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Dominican Republic (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (49 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Türkiye (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Ukraine (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 17,741 stories about harm among 96,710 counted on 20 Nov.

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In the Dominican Republic's news, mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 96,710 stories, as usual. Brazil's news was 23% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. On 20 November 2022, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel75 in 100 of its 2,263 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan75 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine67 in 100 of its 570 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia50 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 33 · mostly health Iceland46 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 60 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 693 Buenos Aires Argentina61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 136 Gaza Palestine57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 318 Jerusalem Israel39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 London UK34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 317

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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'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: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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'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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'sBotswana: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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'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'sAfghanistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIceland: 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'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 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 twice as grief-stricken 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 · 39 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 1,701 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 382 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 59 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 245 stories about harm ● Papua New Guinea few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 11 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,114 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice23% 4,032 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,584 stories · much less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents14% 2,527 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 910 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 901 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 756 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 635 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 killed4,595 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,563 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,072 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions957 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations473 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced351 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees243 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill29 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 softer 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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