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11,558 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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Train derailment in Mexico, violence in Yalova and rights and justice in Paramaribo drew the news. Suriname's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostMexico 51 in 100 of its 281 stories, usually 19
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 33 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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Disasters & accidents

Mexico

143 of its 281 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Salina Cruz accounted for 58 of Mexico's 143 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (111 stories). Train derailment was named in 81 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories → Salina Cruz stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

94 of its 180 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Yalova accounted for 73 of Türkiye's 94 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Yalova stories →
Rights & justice

Suriname

27 of its 38 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Paramaribo accounted for 25 of Suriname's 27 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Suriname over 30 days → its stories → Paramaribo stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Nigeria

526 of its 1,133 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (76 stories). Road crashes were named in 130 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

France

200 of its 584 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Spain

66 of its 264 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Flooding was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 54 of Iran's 76 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. 37 of Tehran's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

62 of its 210 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Peru

9 of its 21 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Nigeria (130 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Spain (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); accidents in South Korea (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Canada (31 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); house fires in Ireland (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 11,558 stories about harm among 59,691 counted on 29 Dec.

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Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in Mexico's news. of the day's 59,691 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. Mexico stood out: 51% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. On 29 December 2024, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria65 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan64 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 67 · mostly displacement Palestine59 in 100 of its 141 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye52 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 23 · mostly conflict & violence Mexico51 in 100 of its 281 stories · usually 19 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 311 Delhi India52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 202 Tehran Iran37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 54 London UK37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 127 Dhaka Bangladesh31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 70

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: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão 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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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'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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: 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 readVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSuriname: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: 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 grief-stricken as 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'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'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'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 warm 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'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful 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 · 143 stories about harm ● Suriname few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 27 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 176 stories about harm ● Australia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 321 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as angry as the world's · 94 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents27% 3,057 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice22% 2,528 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Health21% 2,436 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence15% 1,668 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 597 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 499 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 324 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 242 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 killed3,147 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,235 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,133 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured964 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced179 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions163 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations97 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees63 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.