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10,485 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 the hunger in Ukraine, rights and justice in Jerusalem and protests in Dublin (Ireland). Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostThailand 48 in 100 of its 156 stories, usually 20
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 60 in 100 of its stories, usually 53
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

305 of its 583 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kyiv accounted for 199 of Ukraine's 305 stories about harm, carried by 427 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (147 stories). Hunger was named in 119 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Rights & justice

Israel

1,475 of its 1,825 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Jerusalem accounted for 270 of Israel's 1,475 stories about harm, carried by 670 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (633 stories). Wildfires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Protests & strikes

Ireland

237 of its 865 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Dublin accounted for 191 of Ireland's 237 stories about harm, carried by 403 outlets. 141 of Dublin's 191 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (110 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ireland over 30 days → its stories → Dublin stories →
Health

China

207 of its 817 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 73 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with outbreaks.

China over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Palestine

299 of its 406 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 204 of Palestine's 299 stories about harm, carried by 265 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

28 of its 42 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Idlib accounted for 15 of Syria's 28 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

65 of its 106 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tehran accounted for 41 of Iran's 65 stories about harm, carried by 255 outlets. Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Italy

77 of its 323 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

United Arab Emirates

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Thailand

75 of its 156 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in United Arab Emirates (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Iran (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Canada (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); food poisoning in US (58 of its stories, about 7 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 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 10,485 stories about harm among 54,050 counted on 25 Nov.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 54,050 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Ukraine's news mentioned the hunger more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine. In Ukraine, 52% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel81 in 100 of its 1,825 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Palestine74 in 100 of its 406 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Iran61 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine52 in 100 of its 583 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence Thailand48 in 100 of its 156 stories · usually 20 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dublin Ireland141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 Gaza Palestine48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204 Washington US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 160 Jerusalem Israel32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 270 London UK30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: 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: 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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: 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'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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'sJamaica: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 more grief-stricken than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPanama: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful 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 angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than 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 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 one and a half times 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 · 43 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 305 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 65 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 211 stories about harm ● Netherlands few stories a little warmer than the world's · 32 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 3,310 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Health24% 2,440 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence16% 1,672 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents14% 1,415 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 540 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 415 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 272 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 263 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 killed2,928 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,679 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people affected1,328 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,275 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people injured925 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Ukraine Stories reporting people displaced263 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations225 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees151 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill23 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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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