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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

usually 19; 21 the day before
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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.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPhilippines: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessPakistan: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuinea: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: no storiesNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessJammu & Kashmir: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: near the world's share or lessSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 44 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Venezuela: 66 in 100 of its 167 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Vanuatu: 71 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)US: 30 in 100 of its 30,051 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Syria: 64 in 100 of its 195 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Sudan: 69 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Somalia: 44 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Sierra Leone: 62 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Samoa: 54 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Russia: 30 in 100 of its 494 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Mozambique: 68 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Lebanon: 35 in 100 of its 315 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Israel: 60 in 100 of its 744 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Palestine: 66 in 100 of its 161 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Iraq: 51 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Iran: 42 in 100 of its 188 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Haiti: 58 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Guatemala: 62 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Ethiopia: 52 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)El Salvador: 41 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Denmark: 33 in 100 of its 120 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Colombia: 38 in 100 of its 34 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Chad: 70 in 100 of its 113 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Cambodia: 36 in 100 of its 99 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Myanmar: 60 in 100 of its 43 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Benin: 62 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Bangladesh: 39 in 100 of its 258 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Afghanistan: 40 in 100 of its 138 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Palestine: 66 in 100 of its 161 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Palestine: 66 in 100 of its 161 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Palestine: 66 in 100 of its 161 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 22 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Israel 60 in 100 of its 744 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 66 in 100 of its 161 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Venezuela 66 in 100 of its 167 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Chad 70 in 100 of its 113 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Syria 64 in 100 of its 195 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Mozambique 68 in 100 of its 68 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

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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