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9,401 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 news turned to protests in Seoul (South Korea), violence in Damascus and the earthquake in the Netherlands. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Syria and Palestine → Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Syria and the US →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostNetherlands 38 in 100 of its 146 stories, usually 15
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 55 in 100 of its stories, usually 40
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

South Korea

27 of Seoul's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Extreme cold was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories → Seoul stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 1,273 of Syria's 1,597 stories about harm, carried by 1,022 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (95 stories). Plane crash was named in 43 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with road crashes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Netherlands

56 of its 146 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Earthquake was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Guyana

15 of its 68 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Russia

121 of its 365 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Moscow accounted for 73 of Russia's 121 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

34 of its 59 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Vietnam

20 of its 80 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Belize

13 of its 28 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Health

Philippines

Philippine accounted for 100 of the Philippines' 139 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 35 of Palestine's 55 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ireland (27 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); power cuts in UK (103 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Nigeria (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 9,401 stories about harm among 47,879 counted on 8 Dec.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 10 October 2024. People displaced were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Syria and Palestine. 20 in every 100 of the day's 47,879 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 17. On 9 December 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 20 today. This week the news turned most often to Syria, on 6 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria73 in 100 of its 2,196 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Israel52 in 100 of its 356 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Iran39 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Damascus Syria347 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1273 Washington US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 224 Delhi India45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109 Dhaka Bangladesh32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 62 Haryana India28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 33

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: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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'sThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: 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 readSenegal: 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'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: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: 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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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 readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer 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'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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'sKashmir: 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 twice as angry as the world's · 1,597 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 185 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● Australia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 246 stories about harm ● Philippines about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 139 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 55 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence29% 2,699 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Health22% 2,004 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice20% 1,836 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents15% 1,424 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 459 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 403 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 239 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 206 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 killed2,114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,183 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting arrests853 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured496 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced259 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Palestine Stories reporting refugees221 at about three times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions113 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations76 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about a third 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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