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7,182 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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People displaced in Kibo, violence in Istanbul and people injured in Sweden drew the news. Tanzania's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTanzania 68 in 100 of its 73 stories, usually 25
RegionCentral Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
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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Displacement

Tanzania

50 of its 73 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Kibo accounted for 19 of Tanzania's 50 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Tanzania over 30 days → its stories → Kibo stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Sweden

14 of its 45 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Jordan

12 of its 54 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Ukraine

91 of its 247 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Power cuts were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

132 of its 429 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Moscow accounted for 72 of Russia's 132 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

38 of its 161 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Ghana

65 of its 236 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories).

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Libya

8 of its 14 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

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Health

Brazil

25 of its 90 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Brazil (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Israel (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Palestine (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in US (125 of its stories, about three 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 25 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 7,182 stories about harm among 39,251 counted on 25 Dec.

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Tanzania stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 39,251 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ukraine's news, mentions of power cuts ran about three times their usual. On 25 December 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tanzania68 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 25 · mostly displacement Palestine51 in 100 of its 271 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Israel48 in 100 of its 407 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye43 in 100 of its 191 stories · usually 21 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan40 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dhaka Bangladesh52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 105 Delhi India38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Washington US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155 Moscow Russia17 stories about protests or strikes, of its 72 Sydney Australia16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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'sTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: 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 readSri 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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 readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 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: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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'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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTanzania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: 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'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: 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'sIsrael: 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'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer 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 a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than 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 a little more fearful than the world'sLiechtenstein: 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 91 stories about harm ● Tanzania about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 211 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 91 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 194 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 168 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice23% 1,611 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 1,550 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Health22% 1,540 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence17% 1,210 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 377 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 312 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 250 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 189 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 killed1,899 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected742 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests736 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured545 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced142 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations89 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Tanzania Stories reporting abductions71 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees48 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and Sudan Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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
● Griefa little more than 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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