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20,483 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 violence in Sanaa, protests in Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) and illness in Pyongyang. Yemen's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPapua New Guinea 63 in 100 of its 67 stories, usually 29
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 54 in 100 of its stories, usually 48
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

459 of its 680 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Sanaa accounted for 284 of Yemen's 459 stories about harm, carried by 535 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (71 stories). Natural hazards were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Disasters & accidents

Congo

22 of its 29 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Flooding was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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

Djibouti

197 of its 358 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. the Red Sea accounted for 197 of Djibouti's 197 stories about harm, carried by 379 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Cape Verde

12 of its 19 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Malaria was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Poland

37 of its 108 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 11 of Warsaw's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

32 of its 43 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. 6 of Khartoum's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

UK

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Typhoon was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Uruguay

13 of its 19 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: malaria in Cape Verde (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Zambia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Syria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (114 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); snowstorms in US (571 of its stories, about three 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 12 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 20,483 stories about harm among 103,127 counted on 12 Jan.

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Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in North Korea's news. of the day's 103,127 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Yemen stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 52%. A year earlier, on 12 January 2023, 19 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 →

Israel77 in 100 of its 1,556 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen68 in 100 of its 680 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Ecuador67 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine64 in 100 of its 248 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea63 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 29 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US156 stories about protests or strikes, of its 710 Sanaa Yemen82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 284 Jerusalem Israel39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 120 Tel Aviv Israel38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 127 Port Moresby Papua New Guinea32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 35

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: 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: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'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'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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readChagos 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSuriname: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPapua New Guinea: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDjibouti: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 a little warmer than 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

● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,201 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 459 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 174 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 173 stories about harm ● Djibouti about twice as angry as the world's · 197 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 5,103 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents21% 4,258 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Rights & justice20% 4,082 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence19% 3,813 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 867 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 857 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 802 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 321 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 killed4,643 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,937 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,817 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,026 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions609 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced224 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees153 at about half the usual rate · most about Ireland and the US Stories reporting evacuations92 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill18 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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