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20,598 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 the earthquake in China, rights and justice in Caracas and violence in Darfur. Sudan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostVenezuela 62 in 100 of its 109 stories, usually 40
RegionNorth America 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

China

500 of its 2,081 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (139 stories). Earthquake was named in 174 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hypothermia, avalanche and bird flu. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

China over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

57 of its 72 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Darfur accounted for 22 of Sudan's 57 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Food & livelihood

Ghana

81 of its 403 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Power cuts were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Ghana over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Cambodia

45 of its 111 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Panama

42 of its 157 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. the Panama Canal accounted for 40 of Panama's 42 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

98 of its 208 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 71 of Iran's 98 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

US

7,904 of its 29,922 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (596 stories). Wildfires were named in 1,409 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 56 of Syria's 105 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

33 of its 57 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Saudi Arabia (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in US (1409 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in India (72 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Japan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Australia (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 Jan. 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 20,598 stories about harm among 100,155 counted on 8 Jan.

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Evacuations were reported at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. 21 in every 100 of the day's 100,155 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. In China's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual. China stood out: 24% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 15%. On 9 January 2024, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan79 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Israel66 in 100 of its 729 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine66 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela62 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice Nepal58 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 753 Los Angeles US53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1118 London UK38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 337 Palisades US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138 New York US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 176

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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 readUganda: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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'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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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'sEthiopia: 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: 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'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta 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'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: 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 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: 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry 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 angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry 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 twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCook Islands: 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 481 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as fearful as the world's · 291 stories about harm ● Sudan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 151 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 85 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 118 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents27% 5,436 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Health25% 5,002 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 4,476 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,959 stories · much less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,135 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 874 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 664 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 664 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 killed4,972 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,178 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,801 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,107 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting evacuations727 at about 5 times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions405 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced218 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees121 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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