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10,801 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 violence in Damascus, the earthquake in the Netherlands and protests in Tbilisi (Georgia). Syria's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNetherlands 50 in 100 of its 178 stories, usually 14
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 47 in 100 of its stories, usually 40
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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Conflict & violence

Syria

613 of its 749 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Damascus accounted for 317 of Syria's 613 stories about harm, carried by 480 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Natural hazards were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Disasters & accidents

Netherlands

89 of its 178 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Mariahoeve accounted for 45 of the Netherlands' 89 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Earthquake was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories → Mariahoeve stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

38 of its 59 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tbilisi accounted for 37 of Georgia's 38 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. 36 of Tbilisi's 37 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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Côte d’Ivoire

7 of its 9 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

39 of Islamabad's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Shelter & services

Ireland

177 of its 674 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Power cuts were named in 71 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Romania

23 of its 107 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. 6 of Bucharest's 12 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

46 of its 119 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Health

Belgium

11 of its 37 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ireland (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in UK (114 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Nigeria (22 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tuberculosis in India (24 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in US (23 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 7 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 10,801 stories about harm among 58,866 counted on 7 Dec.

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It was the third day running that the news turned to Syria. of the day's 58,866 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 17. Ireland's news mentioned power cuts more than ten times as often as usual. Syria's news was 82% about people being harmed, against a usual 74%. On 8 December 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria82 in 100 of its 749 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine65 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Georgia64 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Israel63 in 100 of its 307 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Netherlands50 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 14 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Damascus Syria103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 317 Washington US61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 312 Seoul South Korea53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66 Islamabad Pakistan39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 76 Tbilisi Georgia36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 37

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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 Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 readSamoa: 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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 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: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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 readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia 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'sAustria: 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'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: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as 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'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: 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'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sUkraine: coverage about twice 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 · 613 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 208 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 194 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 9 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 58 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 2,652 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice23% 2,460 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 2,023 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents18% 1,905 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 554 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 487 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 321 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 213 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 killed2,283 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,266 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,087 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured662 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced169 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions160 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees113 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations82 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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