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14,354 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 protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh), violence in Taipei and heavy rain in the United Arab Emirates. Taiwan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTaiwan 34 in 100 of its 241 stories, usually 11
RegionOceania 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

226 of its 490 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dhaka accounted for 176 of Bangladesh's 226 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. 143 of Dhaka's 176 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Train derailment was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Conflict & violence

Taiwan

81 of its 241 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Taipei accounted for 67 of Taiwan's 81 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Taipei stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Portugal

31 of its 123 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories).

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

Australia

620 of its 1,910 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Sydney accounted for 346 of Australia's 620 stories about harm, carried by 568 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 25 of Syria's 67 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Guinea-Bissau

8 of its 10 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 4 of Bissau's 8 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Cambodia

32 of its 57 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bolivia

6 of its 9 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 3 of la Paz's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Health

Sweden

Reports of arrests ran at about three 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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Also named far more than usual: illness in Venezuela (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Israel (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in US (158 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); plane crash in Canada (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in UK (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 14,354 stories about harm among 80,130 counted on 19 Dec.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 80,130 stories, as usual. On 19 December 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan63 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice Syria56 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia56 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Israel48 in 100 of its 417 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan48 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dhaka Bangladesh143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 176 Washington US108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 650 Sydney Australia47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 346 Milwaukee County US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61 Chicago US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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'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'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: 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'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'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: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: 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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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'sGeorgia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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'sDR Congo: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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 readBritish 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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 readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about twice 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'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: 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 fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: 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'sBermuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGibraltar: 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

● Taiwan about twice as angry as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 246 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 226 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Australia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 620 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 3,617 stories · about as usual Health25% 3,468 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 2,591 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,155 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 738 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 693 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 551 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 269 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 killed3,709 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,734 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,364 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,124 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions139 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations74 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about half 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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