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14,778 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 news turned to the tsunami in Sri Lanka, protests in Bogota (Colombia) and rights and justice in Tripoli. Colombia's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSri Lanka 76 in 100 of its 169 stories, usually 37
RegionCentral Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 10
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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Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

129 of its 169 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Colombo accounted for 51 of Sri Lanka's 129 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (80 stories). Tsunami was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with hunger.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

35 of its 66 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 3 of Bogota's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Rights & justice

Libya

14 of its 18 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tripoli accounted for 12 of Libya's 14 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

72 of its 146 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Shelter & services

Cuba

35 of its 67 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Havana accounted for 29 of Cuba's 35 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Power cuts were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 82 of Palestine's 121 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

138 of its 260 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Tajikistan

12 of its 14 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Peru

15 of its 40 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 8 of Lima's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Rights & justice

Iraq

22 of its 55 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Cuba (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Spain (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in France (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in India (14 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 3 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 14,778 stories about harm among 89,158 counted on 3 Dec.

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In Sri Lanka, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 37% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 89,158 stories, as usual. Mentions of power cuts ran about three times their usual in Cuba's news. On 3 December 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sri Lanka76 in 100 of its 169 stories · usually 37 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan56 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia53 in 100 of its 260 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Colombia53 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 27 · mostly rights & justice Cuba52 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 43 · mostly shelter & services

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 787 Chicago US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115 Islamabad Pakistan26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82 London UK22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194 Los Angeles US21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 187

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 readIsle 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'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: 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'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readQatar: 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 readNorway: 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 readCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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'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: too little coverage to readGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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'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'sEl 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: 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'sCuba: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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'sCambodia: 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'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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'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 readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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'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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: 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 readVietnam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sTajikistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer 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'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLaos: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSt. Martin: 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

● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 303 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 399 stories about harm ● Colombia few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 89 stories about harm ● Venezuela about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 95 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 3,971 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 3,676 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 2,649 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 1,981 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 636 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 611 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 526 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 346 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 killed3,366 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,001 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,712 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured638 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions268 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced179 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees169 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations69 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill10 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 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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