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18,140 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 Port-au-Prince, protests in Lantao (Hong Kong) and rights and justice in Kampala drew the news. Haiti's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHaiti 71 in 100 of its 90 stories, usually 38
RegionCentral Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
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

Haiti

64 of its 90 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 52 of Haiti's 64 stories about harm, carried by 164 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

83 of its 217 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 7 of Lantao's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Lantao stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

60 of its 127 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kampala accounted for 43 of Uganda's 60 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories). HIV was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Health

Thailand

51 of its 225 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Syria

49 of its 69 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Damascus accounted for 25 of Syria's 49 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Norway

45 of its 134 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Georgia

17 of its 34 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 11 of Tbilisi's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Poland

42 of its 180 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 22 of Torun's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Mali

22 of its 37 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Kenya

77 of its 261 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Laos (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tornadoes in Azerbaijan (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Ghana (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Canada (36 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 Nov. 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 18,140 stories about harm among 104,673 counted on 20 Nov.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Haiti. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 104,673 stories, as usual. Mentions of HIV ran about 7 times their usual in Uganda's news. In Haiti, 71% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual. A year earlier, on 21 November 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti71 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Syria71 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 220 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Israel61 in 100 of its 875 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda47 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 29 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 610 Islamabad Pakistan52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 London UK32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 272 Beijing China30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 65 Jerusalem Israel24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 110

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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: 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. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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'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'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: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLaos: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as 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 grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Argentina about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 92 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 272 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 537 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 86 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 49 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,117 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,530 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 3,256 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,088 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 866 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 850 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 745 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 340 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 killed3,949 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,922 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,914 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured947 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions339 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced261 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees149 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations112 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill26 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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