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21,544 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 violence in Ndjamena, protests in Caracas (Venezuela) and evacuations in the US. Chad's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Singapore →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostChad 70 in 100 of its 113 stories, usually 23
RegionNorth America 28 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 →
Conflict & violence

Chad

79 of its 113 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Ndjamena accounted for 65 of Chad's 79 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Chad over 30 days → its stories → Ndjamena stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

110 of its 167 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Caracas accounted for 86 of Venezuela's 110 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. 75 of Caracas' 86 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Disasters & accidents

US

8,892 of its 30,051 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (644 stories). Storms were named in 418 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides.

US over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Poland

31 of its 126 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 76 of Palestine's 107 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Hypothermia was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 50 of Syria's 124 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Flooding was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with respiratory illness and flu. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Benin

8 of its 13 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Myanmar

26 of its 43 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Cambodia

36 of its 99 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: extreme cold in Ireland (53 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Ghana (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hypothermia in Palestine (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in France (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Japan (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 21,544 stories about harm among 99,146 counted on 9 Jan.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Singapore. In Chad, 70% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. Ireland's news mentioned extreme cold about 5 times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 99,146 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 19.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Chad70 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 23 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan69 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique68 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine66 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela66 in 100 of its 167 stories · usually 42 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 912 Los Angeles US87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2533 Caracas Venezuela75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 86 Maputo Mozambique26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 36 Jerusalem Israel24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 116

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: feelings about like the world'sCayman 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: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'sSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: 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: 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 readKenya: 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'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMontenegro: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArgentina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three 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 three times as grief-stricken 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'sGibraltar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 449 stories about harm ● Chad about three times as angry as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Palestine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 107 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 122 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 124 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 18 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents32% 6,795 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Health22% 4,750 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice19% 4,105 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence10% 2,031 stories · much less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,150 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 875 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 869 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 628 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 killed6,053 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,390 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,852 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,106 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations826 at about 5 times the usual rate · most about the US and Singapore Stories reporting abductions335 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced302 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees139 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill16 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.

● Angerabout as 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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