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What the world's news said happened to people.
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51,037 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 Vilnius (Lithuania), violence in Istanbul and heavy rain in Lebanon. Türkiye's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostCameroon 84 in 100 of its 342 stories, usually 33
RegionSouth Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Lithuania

102 of its 145 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Vilnius accounted for 99 of Lithuania's 102 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. 95 of Vilnius' 99 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Extreme cold was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Lithuania over 30 days → its stories → Vilnius stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

2,044 of its 2,530 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Istanbul accounted for 1,653 of Türkiye's 2,044 stories about harm, carried by 886 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (889 stories). Tornadoes were named in 143 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
Displacement

Lebanon

135 of its 301 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Heavy rain was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Niger

90 of its 125 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Niamey accounted for 76 of Niger's 90 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories).

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

Mali

129 of its 169 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Bamako accounted for 113 of Mali's 129 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. 86 of Bamako's 113 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Cameroon

286 of its 342 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Kolofata accounted for 233 of Cameroon's 286 stories about harm, carried by 269 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (141 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

168 of its 256 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 78 of Addis Ababa's 78 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (146 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

1,354 of its 2,369 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (551 stories). Hepatitis was named in 187 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Mexico

209 of Los Mochis' 256 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). HIV was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

Liberia

127 of its 238 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Chile (36 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in France (383 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Venezuela (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Thailand (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Portugal (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 51,037 stories about harm among 251,893 counted on 13 Jan.

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In Lithuania, 70% of the news was about people being harmed, where 21% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 251,893 stories, below the usual 22. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. In Chile's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi88 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Central African Republic84 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Cameroon84 in 100 of its 342 stories · usually 33 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan82 in 100 of its 988 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Syria82 in 100 of its 1,264 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US498 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2809 Seoul South Korea217 stories about protests or strikes, of its 332 Los Mochis Mexico209 stories about protests or strikes, of its 256 Istanbul Türkiye208 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1653 Beijing China192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 324

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 lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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 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 lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: 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 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: 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 lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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 lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: too little coverage to readPhilippines: 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: 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 lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: too little coverage to readNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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 lessLebanon: 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 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 lessJordan: 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 lessIran: too little coverage to readIndonesia: 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 lessGreece: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral 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: 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 lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readHeard & 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: 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): 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: 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: too little coverage to readZambia: warmth about its own usualUS: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLithuania: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelarus: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualSantiago, Chile -- disasters & accidents: 32 stories, carried by 92 outletsCopenhagen, Denmark -- displacement: 41 stories, carried by 32 outletsMinsk, Belarus -- conflict & violence: 48 stories, carried by 50 outletsDecatur, US -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 17 outletsIdaho, US -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsMahama, Ghana -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 13 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 32 stories, carried by 153 outletsHavana, Cuba -- conflict & violence: 42 stories, carried by 37 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

● Denmark warmth about one and a half times usual ● Chile warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belarus warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mexico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Santiago Chile about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 32 stories ● Copenhagen Denmark about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 41 stories ● Minsk Belarus about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 48 stories ● Decatur US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 19 stories ● Idaho US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence29% 14,733 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Rights & justice28% 14,231 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 8,154 stories · about as usual Health10% 5,038 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,639 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 2,463 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,555 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,231 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 killed16,505 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests8,539 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,333 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,797 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,989 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions506 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced504 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Cameroon Stories reporting evacuations279 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Syria and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill184 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Vietnam

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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