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12,815 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 illness in Dhaka, violence in Istanbul and people killed in France. Bangladesh's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostTürkiye 44 in 100 of its 160 stories, usually 25
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 32 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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Health

Bangladesh

310 of its 667 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Dhaka accounted for 202 of Bangladesh's 310 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (160 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with covid. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Türkiye

71 of its 160 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Istanbul accounted for 43 of Türkiye's 71 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

France

179 of its 651 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Canada

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Power cuts were named in 30 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Canada over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 102 of Iran's 121 stories about harm, carried by 325 outlets. 66 of Tehran's 102 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Mexico

72 of its 210 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).

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Health

Italy

57 of its 321 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jamaica

35 of its 87 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Suriname

12 of its 22 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Peru

12 of its 37 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Nigeria (49 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); house fires in Ireland (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Australia (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in UK (29 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); cyclone in US (67 of its stories, about 6 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 30 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 12,815 stories about harm among 66,274 counted on 30 Dec.

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Of the day's 66,274 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. A year earlier, on 30 December 2024, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria60 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine58 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan57 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 67 · mostly health Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 51 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel47 in 100 of its 687 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 463 Tehran Iran66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102 Dhaka Bangladesh48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 202 London UK29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146 Merseyside UK22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 64

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: 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: 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'sMozambique: 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: feelings about like the world'sEl 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAksai 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSuriname: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as 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 more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful 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'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBenin: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little angrier than 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 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'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 twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 310 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 165 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 121 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 88 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 3,400 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice23% 2,873 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 2,682 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,823 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 612 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 545 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 356 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 260 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 killed3,188 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,530 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,277 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured804 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions159 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees92 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations87 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill14 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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