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13,666 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 plane crash in Brazil, violence in Pyongyang and people injured in South Africa. North Korea's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBrazil 38 in 100 of its 248 stories, usually 18
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Brazil

94 of its 248 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Gramado accounted for 50 of Brazil's 94 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Plane crash was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with bridge collapse.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Gramado stories →
Conflict & violence

North Korea

25 of its 55 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Pyongyang accounted for 20 of North Korea's 25 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Rights & justice

South Africa

159 of its 480 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Flooding was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Germany

202 of its 622 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Vanuatu

23 of its 25 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

34 of its 45 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Sanaa accounted for 17 of Yemen's 34 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

France

Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Cyclone was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 92 of Palestine's 120 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 132 of Syria's 201 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Panama (28 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in France (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in Kashmir (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Italy (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Cuba (10 of its stories, about 8 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 23 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 13,666 stories about harm among 75,532 counted on 23 Dec.

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In Panama's news, mentions of the drought ran about 7 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 75,532 stories, as usual. Brazil's news was 38% about people being harmed, against a usual 18%. A year earlier, on 24 December 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique73 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 57 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel64 in 100 of its 723 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan62 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 194 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Syria60 in 100 of its 333 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 550 Hyderabad India34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 69 Magdeburg Germany31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98 Dhaka Bangladesh27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 50 Damascus Syria27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 132

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: 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'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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'sMexico: 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'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: 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: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: 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: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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'sBangladesh: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVanuatu: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: 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'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: 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'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: 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 angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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

● Germany about twice as angry as the world's · 202 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 466 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 120 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 201 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 60 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories a little warmer than the world's · 14 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 3,451 stories · about as usual Health26% 3,426 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents18% 2,422 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,985 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 802 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 543 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 456 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 331 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 killed3,658 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,708 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,382 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,202 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting abductions229 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced221 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees147 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations113 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill24 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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