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50,840 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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Most of the day's attention went to deaths in San Juancito, violence in Jakarta and protests in Freetown (Sierra Leone). Indonesia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 85 in 100 of its 4,054 stories, usually 24
RegionSoutheast Asia 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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 →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Honduras

209 of its 268 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. San Juancito accounted for 158 of Honduras' 209 stories about harm, carried by 223 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (150 stories). Road crashes were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → San Juancito stories →
Conflict & violence

Indonesia

3,461 of its 4,054 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Jakarta accounted for 3,239 of Indonesia's 3,461 stories about harm, carried by 1,634 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,487 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Health

Senegal

104 of its 187 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Dakar accounted for 99 of Senegal's 104 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (48 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Burundi

94 of its 106 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Bujumbura accounted for 65 of Burundi's 94 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. 47 of Bujumbura's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Azerbaijan

97 of its 277 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 64 of Baku's 70 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

1,678 of its 2,131 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Earthquake was named in 130 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with building collapse. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Moldova

84 of its 139 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Chisinau accounted for 83 of Moldova's 84 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. 82 of Chisinau's 83 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

85 of its 231 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Health

DR Congo

21 of its 23 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Haemorrhagic fever was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Portugal (198 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Japan (218 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Greenland (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Zambia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in DR Congo (11 of its stories, about 7 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 14 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 50,840 stories about harm among 250,622 counted on 14 Jan.

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Honduras stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 250,622 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. Portugal's news mentioned the hurricane more than ten times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Liberia92 in 100 of its 804 stories · usually 31 · mostly health Burundi89 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Indonesia85 in 100 of its 4,054 stories · usually 24 · mostly conflict & violence Guinea83 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 79 · mostly health Türkiye79 in 100 of its 2,131 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jakarta Indonesia403 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3239 Washington US281 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1435 Los Angeles US204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 666 Istanbul Türkiye179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 879 Jerusalem Israel86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 347

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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 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 lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: too little coverage to readRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: 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 lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 readJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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 lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad 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 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUK: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDenmark: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChile: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChad: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualHaryana, India -- rights & justice: 56 stories, carried by 39 outletsBismarck, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsSantiago, Chile -- disasters & accidents: 21 stories, carried by 27 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 59 stories, carried by 49 outletsDistrict of Columbia, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsActon, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 27 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 342 stories, carried by 591 outletsNorth Sea, -- disasters & accidents: 28 stories, carried by 64 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 ● Jordan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Chile warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Haryana India about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 56 stories ● Bismarck US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 11 stories ● Santiago Chile about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 21 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 59 stories ● District of Columbia US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence30% 15,125 stories · about as usual Rights & justice28% 13,802 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 7,009 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Health12% 6,028 stories · more than usual (usually 9%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,846 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,896 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,636 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,575 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 killed17,947 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,894 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,269 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,885 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,933 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions710 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations362 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and Australia Stories reporting people displaced305 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill221 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Liberia

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
● 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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