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16,080 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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Rights and justice in Birkenau, violence in Kivu and protests in Minsk (Belarus) drew the news. Poland's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostRwanda 87 in 100 of its 212 stories, usually 47
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Poland

151 of its 260 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Birkenau accounted for 72 of Poland's 151 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (50 stories). Hunger was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Birkenau stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

184 of its 212 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kivu accounted for 102 of Rwanda's 184 stories about harm, carried by 330 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kivu stories →
Displacement

Laos

22 of its 26 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories).

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

Lebanon

116 of its 152 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Beirut accounted for 41 of Lebanon's 116 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Germany

243 of its 660 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 stories). Hunger was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Congo

44 of its 64 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Israel

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Libya

13 of its 24 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 6 of Tripoli's 9 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Rights & justice

Hungary

23 of its 98 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: covid in New Zealand (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in South Korea (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in France (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (26 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Germany (14 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 27 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 16,080 stories about harm among 83,208 counted on 27 Jan.

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Poland's news was 58% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. of the day's 83,208 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Poland for the second day running. Mentions of Covid ran about 5 times their usual in New Zealand's news. A year earlier, on 28 January 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda87 in 100 of its 212 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon76 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Congo69 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan68 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Israel64 in 100 of its 1,216 stories · usually 68 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 596 Jerusalem Israel50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 237 Chicago US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 233 Minsk Belarus29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 51 Abuja Nigeria28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 64

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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 readTrinidad & 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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'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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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. Lucia: too little coverage to readQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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'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'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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 readGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 readFiji: 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 readEcuador: 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'sCzech Republic: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & 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'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: 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: 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'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little angrier 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than 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 fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLaos: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful 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'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 151 stories about harm ● Rwanda about three times as angry as the world's · 184 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Germany about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 243 stories about harm ● Congo few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 773 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 4,164 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Health25% 4,018 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 3,068 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence14% 2,137 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 779 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 659 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 552 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 448 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 killed3,710 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,232 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,965 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,046 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions552 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced437 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Rwanda Stories reporting refugees248 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations135 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as 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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