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11,997 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 Sanaa, landslides in Colombia and the malaria in Cape Verde drew the news. Yemen's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were softer than usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostColombia 75 in 100 of its 79 stories, usually 23
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 55 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

288 of its 422 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Sanaa accounted for 212 of Yemen's 288 stories about harm, carried by 455 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (103 stories). Hunger was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Colombia

59 of its 79 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Landslides were named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, avalanche and drought. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

40 of its 78 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Kathmandu accounted for 22 of Nepal's 40 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

65 of its 117 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice 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

Israel

671 of its 880 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Jerusalem accounted for 165 of Israel's 671 stories about harm, carried by 312 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 30 of Iran's 72 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Congo

16 of its 19 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).

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Health

New Zealand

99 of its 287 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Covid was named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in New Zealand (46 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in US (370 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (43 of its stories, about 4 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 13 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 11,997 stories about harm among 59,327 counted on 13 Jan.

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In Colombia's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 59,327 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Yemen. On 13 January 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 20 today. Yemen stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 58%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel76 in 100 of its 880 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia75 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 23 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine70 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen68 in 100 of its 422 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia59 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 417 Jerusalem Israel58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 165 Sanaa Yemen45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 212 London UK32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 142 Gaza Palestine23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: 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: 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 readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: 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'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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'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: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: 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'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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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'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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful 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'sSouth Africa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCape Verde: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful 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 one and a half times 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

● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 671 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 288 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 150 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 65 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents25% 2,883 stories · much more than usual (usually 18%) Health24% 2,766 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice20% 2,333 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence18% 2,117 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 553 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 530 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 338 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 242 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 killed3,068 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,316 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,176 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured794 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions456 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced222 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees98 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations58 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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
● 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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