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What the world's news said happened to people.
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12,286 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 day's news pointed at protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh), violence in Bondi Beach and people killed in Saudi Arabia. Bangladesh's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRussia 37 in 100 of its 643 stories, usually 21
RegionOceania 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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

235 of its 513 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dhaka accounted for 127 of Bangladesh's 235 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. 77 of Dhaka's 127 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Australia

494 of its 1,453 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Bondi Beach accounted for 295 of Australia's 494 stories about harm, carried by 476 outlets. Flu was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Russia

235 of its 643 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Moscow accounted for 165 of Russia's 235 stories about harm, carried by 308 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

South Africa

137 of its 366 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

84 of its 290 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Cambodia

34 of its 62 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Phnom Penh accounted for 22 of Cambodia's 34 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Norway

16 of its 59 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Taiwan

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: accidents in Japan (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in US (21 of its stories, about 4 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 22 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 12,286 stories about harm among 66,789 counted on 22 Dec.

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The news turned to Bangladesh for the fourth day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 66,789 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Papua New Guinea's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about three times their usual. Bangladesh stood out: 46% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 36%. On 22 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 →

Sudan72 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 67 · mostly displacement Syria59 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine58 in 100 of its 158 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia55 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Sri Lanka48 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 428 Dhaka Bangladesh77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 127 Bondi Beach Australia47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 295 London UK36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 189 Phoenix US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 80

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: 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 readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: 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'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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 readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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 readCzech 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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'sHong Kong: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: 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 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. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTaiwan: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken 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'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sIceland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 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 angry 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'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

● Russia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 235 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 329 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as angry as the world's · 235 stories about harm ● Australia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 494 stories about harm ● Singapore few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 29 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 3,078 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 2,913 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 2,213 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 2,021 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 660 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 510 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 378 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 273 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 killed3,044 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,412 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,327 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured792 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions201 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced180 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees96 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting evacuations92 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill12 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 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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