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7,542 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 Tehran (Iran), volcanic eruption in Germany and people killed in Nigeria. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Venezuela and Nigeria → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSwitzerland 77 in 100 of its 201 stories, usually 31
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Iran

141 of its 218 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tehran accounted for 101 of Iran's 141 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. 91 of Tehran's 101 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Germany

52 of its 170 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Berlin accounted for 34 of Germany's 52 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.

Germany over 30 days → its stories → Berlin stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

314 of its 723 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (183 stories). 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.

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

Switzerland

155 of its 201 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (146 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

27 of its 55 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

France

81 of its 282 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Health

Singapore

17 of its 63 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Fiji

11 of its 24 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ireland

103 of its 438 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in UK (57 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in India (37 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); overdoses in US (13 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 4 Jan. 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 7,542 stories about harm among 38,809 counted on 4 Jan.

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It was the fifth day running that the news turned to Iran. of the day's 38,809 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Germany's news mentioned volcanic eruption more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Venezuela and Nigeria. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Switzerland77 in 100 of its 201 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria65 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Iran65 in 100 of its 218 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine58 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia49 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela185 stories about protests or strikes, of its 552 Tehran Iran91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101 Washington US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 Delhi India17 stories about protests or strikes, of its 94 Kasuwan Daji Nigeria16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 57

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: no storiesUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: no storiesU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: no storiesSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: no storiesPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPalau: no storiesOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: no storiesNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: no storiesMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: no storiesMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: no storiesLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuinea: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGabon: no storiesSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: no storiesNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessEthiopia: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: no storiesDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: no storiesCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: no storiesCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: no storiesBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessJammu & Kashmir: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: near the world's share or lessSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: near the world's share or lessMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: no storiesCook Islands: no storiesNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: no storiesMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 27 in 100 of its 91 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Yemen: 39 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Venezuela: 30 in 100 of its 2,930 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ukraine: 38 in 100 of its 111 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Syria: 65 in 100 of its 74 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Switzerland: 77 in 100 of its 201 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Sudan: 65 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)South Africa: 32 in 100 of its 155 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Somalia: 49 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Russia: 29 in 100 of its 196 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Philippines: 28 in 100 of its 227 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Panama: 37 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Pakistan: 36 in 100 of its 255 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Nigeria: 43 in 100 of its 723 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Nepal: 31 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Malaysia: 29 in 100 of its 153 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Lebanon: 43 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Jamaica: 35 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Israel: 42 in 100 of its 263 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Iraq: 52 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Iran: 65 in 100 of its 218 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Indonesia: 29 in 100 of its 63 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Guatemala: 71 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Germany: 31 in 100 of its 170 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Gambia: 60 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)France: 29 in 100 of its 282 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Fiji: 46 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cuba: 30 in 100 of its 89 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cambodia: 50 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Myanmar: 60 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Bangladesh: 31 in 100 of its 267 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Afghanistan: 32 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ukraine: 38 in 100 of its 111 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Aruba: 67 in 100 of its 6 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 19 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Switzerland 77 in 100 of its 201 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Iran 65 in 100 of its 218 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Syria 65 in 100 of its 74 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 58 in 100 of its 76 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Nigeria 43 in 100 of its 723 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Israel 42 in 100 of its 263 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 1,903 stories · about as usual Health21% 1,548 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents20% 1,515 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 1,431 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 378 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 314 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 201 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 137 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 killed2,214 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests963 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected729 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured518 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions170 at about twice the usual rate · most about Venezuela and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced69 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting evacuations52 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees50 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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