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16,872 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 Prague, deaths in Oudenaarde and arrests in Romania. the Czechia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCzechia 77 in 100 of its 531 stories, usually 28
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Czechia

411 of its 531 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Prague accounted for 396 of the Czechia's 411 stories about harm, carried by 850 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (396 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories → Prague stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Belgium

36 of its 121 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Oudenaarde accounted for 33 of Belgium's 36 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories → Oudenaarde stories →
Rights & justice

Romania

29 of its 145 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Kashmir

110 of its 189 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Poonch accounted for 66 of Kashmir's 110 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

44 of its 57 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

61 of its 197 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 231 of Palestine's 262 stories about harm, carried by 412 outlets. Hunger was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with meningitis. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

19 of its 30 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Niamey accounted for 19 of Niger's 19 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets.

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Rights & justice

Haiti

20 of its 27 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Germany (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Israel (162 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Palestine (41 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Russia (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in South Africa (17 of its stories, about 9 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 22 Dec. 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 16,872 stories about harm among 91,783 counted on 22 Dec.

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The Czechia's news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. of the day's 91,783 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Germany's news mentioned flooding more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to the Czechia. A year earlier, on 22 December 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Czechia77 in 100 of its 531 stories · usually 28 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia77 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Israel69 in 100 of its 1,604 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan67 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 64 · mostly displacement Palestine59 in 100 of its 446 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 495 Gaza Palestine49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231 Prague Czechia49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 396 Islamabad Pakistan46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98 Delhi India40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 225

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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 readSenegal: 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 readQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'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'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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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 readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCzechia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times 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 about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 110 stories about harm ● Czechia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 411 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 1,112 stories about harm ● Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 262 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 4,750 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,067 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 2,807 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,325 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 760 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 752 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 715 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 409 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 killed4,337 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,019 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,881 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,337 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Czechia and the US Stories reporting abductions633 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced346 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees182 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations135 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill21 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 about as 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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