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14,835 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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Violence in Ternopil, snowstorms in Chile and people affected in Cyprus drew the news. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostChile 37 in 100 of its 113 stories, usually 18
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

231 of its 549 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Ternopil accounted for 110 of Ukraine's 231 stories about harm, carried by 192 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Extreme cold was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Ternopil stories →
Disasters & accidents

Chile

42 of its 113 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Snowstorms were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Mozambique

18 of its 25 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 10 of Mozambique's 18 stories about harm, carried by 5 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

589 of its 1,370 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (192 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 71 of Israel's 270 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

South Korea

57 of its 296 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (13 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Japan (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); extreme cold in UK (81 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

15 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 16; 16 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 Nov. 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 14,835 stories about harm among 96,081 counted on 19 Nov.

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Indonesia's news mentioned volcanic eruption more than ten times as often as usual. 15 in every 100 of the day's 96,081 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 19 November 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 15 today. Ukraine stood out: 42% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan67 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine55 in 100 of its 246 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Israel45 in 100 of its 597 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon45 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba44 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 54 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 545 Dhaka Bangladesh35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90 Delhi India35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 280 Chicago US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125 New York US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 144

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: 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 readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: 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'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: 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'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'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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'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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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'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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: 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'sAfghanistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: feelings about like the world'sSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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 readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 readVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: 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 about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMonaco: 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

● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 25 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 270 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 231 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 589 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 121 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 58 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 3,935 stories · about as usual Health27% 3,865 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,306 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence14% 2,097 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 778 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 641 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 572 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 309 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 killed3,349 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,848 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,639 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured752 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions332 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced174 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees167 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill15 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 softer than 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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