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10,436 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 Magdeburg, people injured in Nigeria and wildfires in Australia. Germany's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Germany and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGermany 64 in 100 of its 1,068 stories, usually 15
RegionCentral Asia 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Germany

682 of its 1,068 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Magdeburg accounted for 468 of Germany's 682 stories about harm, carried by 761 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (555 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories → Magdeburg stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

313 of its 923 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (55 stories). Plague was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Australia

216 of its 915 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Wildfires were named in 38 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Russia

140 of its 361 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Hungary

12 of its 37 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Croatia

12 of its 24 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

85 of its 261 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

France

88 of its 379 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

36 of its 77 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tehran accounted for 25 of Iran's 36 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bird flu in UK (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); building collapse in India (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in US (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 10,436 stories about harm among 55,843 counted on 21 Dec.

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Germany stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 15%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 55,843 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. People injured were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Germany and the US. Indonesia's news mentioned the earthquake about 4 times as often as usual. On 22 December 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria66 in 100 of its 297 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Israel64 in 100 of its 446 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Germany64 in 100 of its 1,068 stories · usually 15 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan62 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine61 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Magdeburg Germany100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 468 Washington US53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 278 Damascus Syria28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 119 Islamabad Pakistan23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 76 Berlin Germany22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readTurkmenistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'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 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: 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: 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'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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: 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'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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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'sZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMayotte: 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

● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 286 stories about harm ● Germany about twice as angry as the world's · 682 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 243 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 195 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 85 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 2,705 stories · about as usual Health25% 2,533 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents17% 1,771 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 1,683 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 647 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 382 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 290 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 238 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 killed3,091 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people injured1,489 at about three times the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting arrests1,308 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected987 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced87 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and Sudan Stories reporting evacuations65 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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
● Griefa little more than 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.