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10,429 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 Kyiv, people injured in Mexico and the earthquake in Indonesia. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostRussia 50 in 100 of its 569 stories, usually 25
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 54 in 100 of its stories, usually 47
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

248 of its 461 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kyiv accounted for 108 of Ukraine's 248 stories about harm, carried by 182 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (191 stories). Extreme cold was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Health

Mexico

51 of its 172 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Covid was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

45 of its 110 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Earthquake was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Russia

283 of its 569 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Belgorod accounted for 114 of Russia's 283 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (173 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

179 of its 258 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Gaza accounted for 154 of Palestine's 179 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Hepatitis was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

43 of its 57 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

40 of its 108 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

South Africa

88 of its 248 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

329 of its 1,030 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Italy (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in Australia (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hepatitis in Palestine (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); tornadoes in UK (33 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); polio in Israel (17 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 30 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 10,429 stories about harm among 52,004 counted on 30 Dec.

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Indonesia's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 52,004 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. For the second day running, the news turned to Ukraine. Ukraine stood out: 54% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 29%. A year earlier, on 30 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 →

Syria75 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Israel75 in 100 of its 887 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine69 in 100 of its 258 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine54 in 100 of its 461 stories · usually 29 · mostly conflict & violence Russia50 in 100 of its 569 stories · usually 25 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204 Jerusalem Israel39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204 Delhi India28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121 Times Square US26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 72 London UK22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 219

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: 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: 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'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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'sIreland: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: too little coverage to readFrench 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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'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'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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than 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'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice 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 twice 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 about twice as fearful as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 175 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 668 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 248 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 283 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 43 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 2,671 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice22% 2,251 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 1,961 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents18% 1,809 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 609 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 355 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 314 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 260 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 killed3,340 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people affected1,232 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,164 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,095 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Russia and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions382 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced212 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees162 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations96 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill5 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Eritrea

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
● 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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