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What the world's news said happened to people.
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20,557 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 illness in Dubai, rights and justice in Jerusalem and violence in Freetown. Israel's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNetherlands 28 in 100 of its 413 stories, usually 15
RegionOceania 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 479 of Israel's 1,812 stories about harm, carried by 829 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (459 stories). Chickenpox was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

293 of its 1,527 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Burkina Faso

21 of its 25 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Haiti

26 of its 42 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 16 of Haiti's 26 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

India

1,279 of its 5,806 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Flu was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with respiratory illness.

its stories →
Health

Mali

28 of its 38 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Tanzania

15 of its 52 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

South Africa

283 of its 934 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Ukraine (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Australia (85 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Russia (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Spain (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in France (10 of its stories, about three 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 29 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 20,557 stories about harm among 109,881 counted on 29 Nov.

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Of the day's 109,881 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 29 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 →

Israel74 in 100 of its 2,434 stories · usually 73 · mostly rights & justice Sierra Leone59 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine57 in 100 of its 574 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Syria54 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan44 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 572 Jerusalem Israel104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 479 New Delhi India63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 241 Dublin Ireland61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Gaza Palestine48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 220

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: 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'sNigeria: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: 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: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. 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: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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'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'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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than 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 angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 angry 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

● Burkina Faso few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 21 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 1,812 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 65 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 329 stories about harm ● Ghana a little warmer than the world's · 74 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 181 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 6,033 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice26% 5,314 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,885 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,604 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 964 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 866 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 841 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 643 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 killed5,139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,305 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,261 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,257 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured939 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people displaced377 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees283 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations186 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill23 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 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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