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16,050 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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A disaster in Totota, people affected in Brazil and people displaced in Nigeria drew the news. Liberia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLiberia 73 in 100 of its 85 stories, usually 25
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Liberia

62 of its 85 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Totota accounted for 38 of Liberia's 62 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Liberia over 30 days → its stories → Totota stories →
Health

Brazil

62 of its 229 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Heatstroke was named in 24 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 →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

401 of its 1,292 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Illness was named in 76 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Hong Kong

44 of its 146 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Türkiye

75 of its 185 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

36 of its 47 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Sanaa accounted for 28 of Yemen's 36 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

South Korea

85 of its 414 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Vietnam

50 of its 228 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

293 of its 435 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Gaza accounted for 237 of Palestine's 293 stories about harm, carried by 254 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

South Africa

195 of its 532 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Road crashes were named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: road crashes in South Africa (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Japan (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Ireland (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tornadoes in UK (107 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in South Korea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 16,050 stories about harm among 80,997 counted on 28 Dec.

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Liberia's news was 73% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%. of the day's 80,997 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. A year earlier, on 28 December 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Liberia73 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel70 in 100 of its 1,326 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine67 in 100 of its 435 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq54 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Syria53 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 346 Moscow Russia67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137 Los Angeles US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232 Bengaluru India39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 65 Islamabad Pakistan35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Venezuela: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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'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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: 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: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'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'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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer 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'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than 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'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: 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'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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

● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 931 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Hong Kong few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 293 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 27 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 4,444 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 3,528 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,565 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 2,525 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 865 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 672 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 649 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 487 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 killed4,506 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,856 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,830 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,153 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions497 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced325 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees266 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill22 at about one and a half times 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.