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8,793 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 Thiaroye, protests in Tbilisi (Georgia) and drownings in Thailand. Senegal's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSyria 85 in 100 of its 435 stories, usually 65
RegionCentral Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Senegal

24 of its 32 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Thiaroye accounted for 24 of Senegal's 24 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Thiaroye stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

85 of its 152 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tbilisi accounted for 85 of Georgia's 85 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. 78 of Tbilisi's 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Georgia over 30 days → its stories → Tbilisi stories →
Disasters & accidents

Thailand

76 of its 223 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Drownings were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Syria

369 of its 435 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Aleppo accounted for 303 of Syria's 369 stories about harm, carried by 509 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

264 of its 603 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 67 of Islamabad's 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

96 of its 272 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

54 of its 197 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Saudi Arabia

31 of its 165 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Natural hazards were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Barbados

11 of its 43 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (144 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); natural hazards in Saudi Arabia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Australia (11 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 1 Dec. 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 8,793 stories about harm among 50,037 counted on 1 Dec.

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Senegal's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 50,037 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 2 December 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Laos, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 5 of them. Over November, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 in November 2023.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria85 in 100 of its 435 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Israel61 in 100 of its 593 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon58 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Georgia56 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Palestine52 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tbilisi Georgia78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 85 Islamabad Pakistan67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 96 Washington US38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182 Dhaka Bangladesh32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 81 Aleppo Syria28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 303

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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 readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: 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'sPeru: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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'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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: 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'sAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSenegal: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLaos: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 369 stories about harm ● Senegal few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 24 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 361 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 264 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 76 stories about harm ● Philippines about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 127 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 2,375 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 1,816 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence19% 1,662 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents18% 1,560 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 448 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 312 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 284 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 165 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 killed2,292 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests876 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured666 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced196 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Syria Stories reporting abductions171 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees133 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations82 at about the usual rate 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 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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