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12,617 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 Gaza, landslides in Sri Lanka and people displaced in Kabul drew the news. Sri Lanka's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Hong Kong and the US →
Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostHong Kong 80 in 100 of its 635 stories, usually 21
RegionEast Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
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 →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

118 of its 169 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Gaza accounted for 54 of Palestine's 118 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Sri Lanka

57 of its 167 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (26 stories). Landslides were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Afghanistan

178 of its 277 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Kabul accounted for 70 of Afghanistan's 178 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

507 of its 635 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

119 of its 242 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Landslides were named in 60 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cyclone.

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Conflict & violence

Tajikistan

16 of its 25 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 36 of Lebanon's 47 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Thailand

88 of its 210 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

26 of its 59 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: landslides in Indonesia (60 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in US (94 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in India (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 12,617 stories about harm among 75,113 counted on 27 Nov.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Hong Kong and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 75,113 stories, as usual. Palestine's news was 70% about people being harmed, against a usual 53%. On 27 November 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Hong Kong80 in 100 of its 635 stories · usually 21 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan71 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine70 in 100 of its 169 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan64 in 100 of its 277 stories · usually 52 · mostly displacement Israel50 in 100 of its 399 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 833 Adiala Pakistan33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 86 London UK29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 179 Delhi India22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137 Istanbul Türkiye21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 43

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'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: too little coverage to readUnited 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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'sGeorgia: 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: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai 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 readBritish 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: 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: 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: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMoldova: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 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 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Hong Kong about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 507 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as fearful as the world's · 409 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 201 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 57 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 3,061 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice25% 3,040 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 2,435 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,799 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 621 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 484 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 475 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 470 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 killed3,006 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,820 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Hong Kong and the US Stories reporting arrests1,734 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,013 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Hong Kong Stories reporting evacuations242 at about twice the usual rate · most about Hong Kong and the US Stories reporting abductions230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees195 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about two-thirds of 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.