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20,867 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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Violence in Guayaquil and Beirut and protests in Seoul (South Korea) drew the news. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEcuador 70 in 100 of its 184 stories, usually 43
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Disasters & accidents

Panama

23 of its 51 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

Panama over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Brazil

49 of its 209 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 10 of Brasilia's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Health

Spain

117 of its 486 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Flu was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Austria

27 of its 79 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Health

Philippines

196 of its 565 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Earthquake was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tsunami.

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Disasters & accidents

Azerbaijan

32 of its 171 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (23 stories).

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Health

New Zealand

116 of its 419 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: polio in Pakistan (43 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in Spain (30 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Nepal (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Germany (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (26 of its stories, about 5 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 9 Jan. 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 20,867 stories about harm among 106,167 counted on 9 Jan.

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20 in every 100 of the day's 106,167 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 9 January 2023, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel71 in 100 of its 1,631 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Ecuador70 in 100 of its 184 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Palestine64 in 100 of its 327 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan62 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 63 · mostly displacement Lebanon59 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 709 Seoul South Korea69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 99 Tel Aviv Israel65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 238 London UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 309 Brooklyn US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 60

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: no storiesNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: no storiesNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: near the world's share or lessSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: near the world's share or lessGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 32 in 100 of its 161 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Zambia: 32 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Yemen: 58 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Ukraine: 37 in 100 of its 556 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Syria: 54 in 100 of its 72 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)South Sudan: 54 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Sudan: 62 in 100 of its 53 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)South Korea: 27 in 100 of its 560 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Somalia: 33 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Slovenia: 54 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Sierra Leone: 45 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Rwanda: 46 in 100 of its 50 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Russia: 30 in 100 of its 631 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Philippines: 35 in 100 of its 565 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Panama: 45 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Pakistan: 26 in 100 of its 689 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Nicaragua: 60 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)New Zealand: 28 in 100 of its 419 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Nepal: 28 in 100 of its 94 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Namibia: 33 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Lebanon: 59 in 100 of its 86 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Jamaica: 27 in 100 of its 110 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Israel: 71 in 100 of its 1,631 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Palestine: 64 in 100 of its 327 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Iraq: 53 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Iran: 57 in 100 of its 153 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Indonesia: 27 in 100 of its 201 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Iceland: 41 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Haiti: 45 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Ethiopia: 33 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Ecuador: 70 in 100 of its 184 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Djibouti: 32 in 100 of its 72 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Cuba: 29 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Myanmar: 48 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Bosnia: 38 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Bolivia: 57 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Bangladesh: 42 in 100 of its 298 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Austria: 34 in 100 of its 79 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Afghanistan: 34 in 100 of its 104 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Kashmir: 31 in 100 of its 108 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Palestine: 64 in 100 of its 327 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Palestine: 64 in 100 of its 327 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Kashmir: 31 in 100 of its 108 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Kashmir: 31 in 100 of its 108 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Ukraine: 37 in 100 of its 556 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Palestine: 64 in 100 of its 327 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Kashmir: 31 in 100 of its 108 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 20 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Israel 71 in 100 of its 1,631 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Ecuador 70 in 100 of its 184 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Palestine 64 in 100 of its 327 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Iran 57 in 100 of its 153 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Lebanon 59 in 100 of its 86 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Sudan 62 in 100 of its 53 stories · mostly displacement

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 5,799 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 4,554 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Rights & justice21% 4,273 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,676 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,052 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 908 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 702 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 491 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 killed4,848 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,993 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,394 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions527 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Ecuador Stories reporting people displaced277 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations182 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees169 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill20 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.