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15,483 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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The day's news pointed at protests in Islamabad (Pakistan), plane crash in Lithuania and illness in Vang Vieng. Laos' coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostLithuania 75 in 100 of its 230 stories, usually 11
RegionEurope 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

360 of its 730 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Islamabad accounted for 220 of Pakistan's 360 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. 196 of Islamabad's 220 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (120 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Lithuania

172 of its 230 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Vilnius accounted for 163 of Lithuania's 172 stories about harm, carried by 341 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Plane crash was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

Lithuania over 30 days → its stories → Vilnius stories →
Rights & justice

Moldova

13 of its 34 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Egypt

151 of its 357 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Marsa Alam accounted for 107 of Egypt's 151 stories about harm, carried by 311 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Mozambique

21 of its 27 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. 15 of Maputo's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

78 of its 228 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Heavy rain was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

its stories →
Health

Türkiye

Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Poisoning was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (132 stories). Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 101 of Lebanon's 119 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hypothermia in Bolivia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Samoa (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); poisoning in Türkiye (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Indonesia (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in UK (95 of its stories, about three times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 15,483 stories about harm among 87,458 counted on 25 Nov.

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Mentions of the hypothermia ran more than ten times their usual in Bolivia's news. of the day's 87,458 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Pakistan for the third day running. A year earlier, on 26 November 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. In Pakistan, 49% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lithuania75 in 100 of its 230 stories · usually 11 · mostly disasters & accidents Laos73 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 45 · mostly health Haiti67 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice Palestine65 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Israel62 in 100 of its 1,020 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Islamabad Pakistan196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 220 Washington US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 408 Sambhal India79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 105 Los Angeles US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175 Delhi India36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Yemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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 readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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'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'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'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'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: 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'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: 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'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'sColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: 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'sAfghanistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSamoa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little angrier than 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'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLaos: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 636 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 119 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 151 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 104 stories about harm ● Haiti few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 42 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 4,143 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Health27% 4,121 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,593 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,971 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 810 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 636 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 565 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 373 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 killed3,770 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,887 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,826 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,171 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced224 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations205 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Lithuania and Israel Stories reporting abductions198 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill32 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iran

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 about as 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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