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14,795 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), a disaster in Colombo and people killed in Rwanda. Rwanda's coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSri Lanka 72 in 100 of its 144 stories, usually 39
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Tanzania

29 of its 63 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 6 of Dar es Salaam's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Tanzania over 30 days → its stories → Dar es Salaam stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

42 of its 72 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories →
Health

UK

Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories). Earthquake was named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Iraq

34 of its 58 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Baghdad accounted for 20 of Iraq's 34 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Poisoning was named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Congo

33 of its 58 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

North Korea

7 of its 13 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Jordan

20 of its 97 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Egypt

34 of its 162 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Russia (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Italy (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Kenya (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in Greece (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (14 of its stories, about 5 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 4 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 14,795 stories about harm among 88,323 counted on 4 Dec.

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Russia's news mentioned poisoning more than ten times as often as usual. 17 in every 100 of the day's 88,323 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Tanzania stood out: 46% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 30%. On 4 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 Lanka72 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 39 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan59 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice Iraq59 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda58 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 29 · mostly conflict & violence Congo57 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US268 stories about protests or strikes, of its 877 New York US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 180 Hollywood US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 167 New Orleans US24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48 Chicago US23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 119

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri 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: 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 readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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'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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: 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 readNorfolk 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer 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 grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFaroe Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: 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'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'sBermuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMacao: 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 403 stories about harm ● South Sudan few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 358 stories about harm ● Rwanda few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 225 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 4,058 stories · about as usual Rights & justice27% 3,901 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents18% 2,546 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 1,957 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 597 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 519 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 515 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 350 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 killed3,225 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,862 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,807 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured617 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions301 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced184 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations99 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about the usual rate

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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