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17,234 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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Protests in Tbilisi (Georgia), people falling ill in the DR Congo and the avalanche in New Zealand drew the news. Syria's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostColombia 40 in 100 of its 68 stories, usually 22
RegionOceania 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

Georgia

36 of its 57 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tbilisi accounted for 33 of Georgia's 36 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. 28 of Tbilisi's 33 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 →
Health

DR Congo

25 of its 26 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Flu was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with covid.

DR Congo over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

150 of its 535 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories). Avalanche was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

New Zealand over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 206 of Syria's 447 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Congo

35 of its 43 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flu. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 48 of Palestine's 70 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

27 of its 68 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Afghanistan

37 of its 75 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Haiti

20 of its 36 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 66 of Bangladesh's 125 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 35 of Dhaka's 66 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Ireland (39 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Congo (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (142 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in US (344 of its stories, about 7 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 6 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 17,234 stories about harm among 97,959 counted on 6 Dec.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 97,959 stories, as usual. On 7 December 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria78 in 100 of its 576 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan72 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 63 · mostly displacement Georgia63 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice Israel61 in 100 of its 573 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine50 in 100 of its 141 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 608 Delhi India67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186 Islamabad Pakistan51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91 Aleppo Syria38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 206 Manhattan US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 256

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: 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 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'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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 Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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 readNamibia: 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 readMali: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'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'sGermany: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina 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: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times 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'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than 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'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 warmer than 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'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than 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 · 447 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 352 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 225 stories about harm ● Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories a little warmer than the world's · 27 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 70 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 4,777 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,140 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 3,099 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,389 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 778 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 723 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 616 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 330 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 killed3,687 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,877 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,862 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured880 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced246 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions228 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees119 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Canada and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill54 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.