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47,234 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 power cuts in South Sudan, violence in Brussels and protests in Oromo (Ethiopia). el Salvador's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMali 93 in 100 of its 213 stories, usually 31
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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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Shelter & services

South Sudan

194 of its 235 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Juba accounted for 124 of South Sudan's 194 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (64 stories). Power cuts were named in 110 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Juba stories →
Conflict & violence

Belgium

429 of its 680 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Brussels accounted for 381 of Belgium's 429 stories about harm, carried by 478 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (372 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories → Brussels stories →
Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

118 of its 203 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 86 of Oromo's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Oromo stories →
Rights & justice

El Salvador

34 of its 47 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Egypt

570 of its 840 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Cairo accounted for 447 of Egypt's 570 stories about harm, carried by 370 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

1,007 of its 1,268 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Extreme cold was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Tel Aviv accounted for 459 of Israel's 641 stories about harm, carried by 348 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

320 of Riyadh's 475 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Avalanche was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

199 of its 213 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Bamako accounted for 134 of Mali's 199 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (93 stories).

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Conflict & violence

South Korea

809 of its 1,714 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Outbreaks were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with covid and cholera.

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Also named far more than usual: malaria in Cambodia (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Nigeria (201 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); dengue in Singapore (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Brazil (22 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in Iran (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 47,234 stories about harm among 227,507 counted on 8 Jan.

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South Sudan's news mentioned power cuts more than ten times as often as usual. South Sudan's news was 83% about people being harmed, against a usual 51%. of the day's 227,507 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.

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Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali93 in 100 of its 213 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence Guinea91 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 79 · mostly health Libya83 in 100 of its 724 stories · usually 82 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan83 in 100 of its 235 stories · usually 51 · mostly shelter & services Syria79 in 100 of its 1,268 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US361 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2291 Riyadh Saudi Arabia320 stories about protests or strikes, of its 475 Madaya Syria237 stories about protests or strikes, of its 497 Maine US207 stories about protests or strikes, of its 341 Philadelphia US183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 688

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: too little coverage to readItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualOklahoma, US -- disasters & accidents: 31 stories, carried by 63 outletsPort Lincoln, Australia -- health: 36 stories, carried by 22 outletsBoisar, India -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsBurlington, US -- rights & justice: 119 stories, carried by 169 outletsBusselton, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 38 stories, carried by 81 outletsKuya, Philippines -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsWhitehall, UK -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 83 outletsTokyo, Japan -- conflict & violence: 73 stories, carried by 125 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Thailand warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Oklahoma US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 31 stories ● Port Lincoln Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 36 stories ● Boisar India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Burlington US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 119 stories ● Busselton Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 38 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence31% 14,390 stories · about as usual Rights & justice29% 13,472 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents14% 6,295 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Health10% 4,651 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,527 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,726 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 1,687 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,562 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 killed14,226 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,725 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,770 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,290 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt Stories reporting refugees1,979 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting evacuations516 at about half the usual rate · most about Australia and the UK Stories reporting abductions484 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Mali and the US Stories reporting people displaced332 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill76 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Guinea

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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