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31,360 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 violence in Sofala, protests in Sao Paulo (Brazil) and flooding in Iran. Panama's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMozambique 93 in 100 of its 92 stories, usually 15
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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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Conflict & violence

Mozambique

86 of its 92 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Sofala accounted for 75 of Mozambique's 86 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Sofala stories →
Protests & strikes

Brazil

105 of its 393 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 76 of Sao Paulo's 78 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Sao Paulo stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

429 of its 790 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (146 stories). Flooding was named in 55 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with earthquake.

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

Panama

42 of its 124 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Egypt

750 of its 927 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Cairo accounted for 405 of Egypt's 750 stories about harm, carried by 353 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (308 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

874 of its 1,028 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Damascus accounted for 562 of Syria's 874 stories about harm, carried by 515 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

South Korea

418 of its 698 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Seoul accounted for 363 of South Korea's 418 stories about harm, carried by 298 outlets. Cholera was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

North Korea

394 of its 605 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Pyongyang accounted for 375 of North Korea's 394 stories about harm, carried by 349 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Rights & justice

Bahamas

81 of its 147 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

183 of its 354 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: house fires in Russia (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Nepal (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Kenya (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Somalia (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Cambodia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 31,360 stories about harm among 135,610 counted on 9 Jan.

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Mozambique's news was 93% about people being harmed, against a usual 15%. of the day's 135,610 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Russia's news mentioned house fires more than ten times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique93 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 15 · mostly conflict & violence Mali89 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan87 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Libya87 in 100 of its 299 stories · usually 82 · mostly conflict & violence Syria85 in 100 of its 1,028 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Riyadh Saudi Arabia283 stories about protests or strikes, of its 392 Washington US243 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1478 Damascus Syria205 stories about protests or strikes, of its 562 Philadelphia US185 stories about protests or strikes, of its 660 Harney County US162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 209

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: 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 lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-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: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: 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 lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: too little coverage to readHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: 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 readCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: too little coverage to readBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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 lessAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: too little coverage to readGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTaiwan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualGreat Falls, US -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsJefferson County, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsOttawa, Canada -- conflict & violence: 48 stories, carried by 83 outletsPort Lincoln, Australia -- health: 29 stories, carried by 13 outletsAyodhya, India -- conflict & violence: 38 stories, carried by 30 outletsTaipei, Taiwan -- disasters & accidents: 24 stories, carried by 14 outletsCilacap, Indonesia -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsMilan, Italy -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 11 stories, carried by 10 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 ● Taiwan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Poland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Great Falls US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories ● Jefferson County US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Ottawa Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 48 stories ● Port Lincoln Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 29 stories ● Ayodhya India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 38 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence34% 10,441 stories · about as usual Rights & justice31% 9,559 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents14% 4,199 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Health7% 2,254 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,545 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,138 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,032 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 731 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 killed10,238 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,676 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting people affected3,772 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,574 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,542 at about twice the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting abductions383 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations297 at about half the usual rate · most about Australia and the UK Stories reporting people displaced181 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill100 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico

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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