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15,620 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 protests in Kathmandu (Nepal), violence in Gaza and people displaced in Prague. Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada →
Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCzechia 45 in 100 of its 84 stories, usually 12
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Nepal

58 of its 117 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kathmandu accounted for 29 of Nepal's 58 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 26 of Kathmandu's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

152 of its 253 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Gaza accounted for 100 of Palestine's 152 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cambodia

29 of its 53 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Nigeria

554 of its 1,261 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (135 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

89 of its 241 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 106 of Ukraine's 231 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

12 of its 30 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 3 of Minsk's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Bulgaria

11 of its 31 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

71 of its 237 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in France (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Australia (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in Ireland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in UK (51 of its stories, about three times its usual).

16 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 15,620 stories about harm among 94,692 counted on 20 Nov.

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People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. of the day's 94,692 news stories, 16 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Nepal stood out: 50% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. A year earlier, on 20 November 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 16 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan67 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 253 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia55 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Cuba53 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Nepal50 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 697 Chicago US68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 222 Delhi India36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 230 Abuja Nigeria32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128 Kathmandu Nepal26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 29

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: 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 readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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: 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNorth Korea: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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'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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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'sAustria: 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 readAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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 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 grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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

● Nigeria about twice as fearful as the world's · 554 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 320 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 168 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 152 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 80 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 231 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 4,317 stories · about as usual Rights & justice27% 4,080 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,488 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence14% 2,106 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 695 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 620 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 607 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 378 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 killed3,476 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,018 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,721 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured789 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions257 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees201 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced185 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations124 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill46 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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