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13,502 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The cyclone in Indonesia, violence in Caracas and protests in Zagreb (Croatia) drew the news. Venezuela's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSri Lanka 67 in 100 of its 332 stories, usually 31
RegionCentral Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 9
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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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

216 of its 341 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Sumatra accounted for 78 of Indonesia's 216 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (39 stories). Cyclone was named in 67 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms and typhoon. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Sumatra stories →
Conflict & violence

Venezuela

167 of its 293 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Caracas accounted for 89 of Venezuela's 167 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Health

Congo

18 of its 30 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Ebola was named in 13 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.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

224 of its 332 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Colombo accounted for 115 of Sri Lanka's 224 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (33 stories). Tsunami was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with earthquake.

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Conflict & violence

Tajikistan

11 of its 17 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

39 of its 93 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

139 of its 231 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Cameroon

21 of its 45 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Slovenia

9 of its 24 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (100 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in Sri Lanka (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in US (190 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in UK (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 16; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Dec. 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 13,502 stories about harm among 76,594 counted on 1 Dec.

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The news turned to Indonesia for the fourth day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 76,594 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 16. In Indonesia's news, mentions of the cyclone ran about 4 times their usual. Indonesia stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 33%. A year earlier, on 1 December 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Over November, 16 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 in November 2024.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sri Lanka67 in 100 of its 332 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Indonesia63 in 100 of its 341 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents Hong Kong60 in 100 of its 231 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Venezuela57 in 100 of its 293 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine56 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 565 Dhaka Bangladesh34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 96 Kyiv Ukraine28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78 London UK27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 198 New York US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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 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'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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'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'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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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 readMozambique: 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: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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 readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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 readAlbania: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: 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'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer 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'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: 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 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'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 · 367 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 221 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 146 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 162 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 139 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 3,575 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 2,997 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents22% 2,862 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence14% 1,823 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 679 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 461 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 417 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 384 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 killed3,472 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,828 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,527 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured828 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions198 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced180 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations147 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sri Lanka and Indonesia Stories reporting refugees129 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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