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19,908 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 violence in Freetown, illness in Lusaka and rights and justice in Moscow. Russia's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSierra Leone 59 in 100 of its 94 stories, usually 38
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Sierra Leone

55 of its 94 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Freetown accounted for 49 of Sierra Leone's 55 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Sierra Leone over 30 days → its stories → Freetown stories →
Health

Zambia

21 of its 50 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Lusaka accounted for 16 of Zambia's 21 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Zambia over 30 days → its stories → Lusaka stories →
Rights & justice

Russia

Moscow accounted for 124 of Russia's 201 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Poisoning was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Burkina Faso

26 of its 31 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Djibo accounted for 14 of Burkina Faso's 26 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 434 of Israel's 1,760 stories about harm, carried by 631 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (548 stories). Accidents were named in 50 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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Rights & justice

South Africa

335 of its 1,014 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (13 stories). Hunger was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought, polio and earthquake. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

44 of its 147 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flu in United Arab Emirates (47 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Ukraine (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Pakistan (18 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 28 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 19,908 stories about harm among 107,587 counted on 28 Nov.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Sierra Leone. of the day's 107,587 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the United Arab Emirates' news mentioned the flu about 7 times as often as usual. Sierra Leone's news was 59% about people being harmed, against a usual 38%. A year earlier, on 28 November 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel72 in 100 of its 2,452 stories · usually 73 · mostly rights & justice Sudan61 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 66 · mostly displacement Sierra Leone59 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine56 in 100 of its 520 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia54 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 61 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 478 Jerusalem Israel70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 434 Dublin Ireland55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 Manhattan US43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 117 Gaza Palestine42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 209

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: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited 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'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 readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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'sPortugal: 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'sNew 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'sMozambique: 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'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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: feelings about like the world'sColombia: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTogo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice 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 about one and a half times as angry 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: 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'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than 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'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'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

● Iran about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 1,760 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 201 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 293 stories about harm ● Sierra Leone a little warmer than the world's · 55 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,931 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice28% 5,429 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents14% 2,726 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,333 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 961 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 801 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 716 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 608 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 killed4,642 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,529 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,323 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,328 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured993 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced389 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees290 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations224 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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