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44,451 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 road crashes in Taiwan, protests in Cairo (Egypt) and people injured in Cameroon. Cameroon's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Colombia →
Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostTaiwan 53 in 100 of its 700 stories, usually 8
RegionCentral Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

372 of its 700 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Taipei accounted for 340 of Taiwan's 372 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (203 stories). Road crashes were named in 163 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Taipei stories →
Protests & strikes

Egypt

521 of its 874 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Cairo accounted for 433 of Egypt's 521 stories about harm, carried by 380 outlets. 314 of Cairo's 433 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (133 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Conflict & violence

Cameroon

270 of its 316 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (147 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Greece

500 of its 978 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (171 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Dominican Republic

72 of its 103 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Punta Cana accounted for 66 of the Dominican Republic's 72 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Malaysia

387 of its 844 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Morocco

99 of its 182 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Tsunami was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

128 of its 274 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bahrain

57 of its 150 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 34 of Manama's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Netherlands

225 of its 746 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: drought in Central African Republic (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in South Korea (57 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Thailand (79 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Jersey (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); meningitis in Ghana (37 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 44,451 stories about harm among 211,464 counted on 25 Jan.

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In Taiwan, 53% of the news was about people being harmed, where 8% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 211,464 stories, as usual. Mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual in the Central African Republic's news. People displaced were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Colombia.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso93 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 93 · mostly conflict & violence Cameroon85 in 100 of its 316 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi77 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen76 in 100 of its 227 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Syria75 in 100 of its 1,404 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Cairo Egypt314 stories about protests or strikes, of its 433 Washington US156 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3088 Boston US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 341 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 241 Athens Greece108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 322

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 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: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: 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 lessSingapore: 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 lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 lessPoland: too little coverage to readPeru: 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 readOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: 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 readNamibia: 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 lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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 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 lessGhana: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong 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: too little coverage to readCape 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 lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: 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 lessCrimea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTunisia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMoldova: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBurundi: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBotswana: warmth about its own usualBosnia: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLouisville, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsBujumbura, Burundi -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 18 outletsKupwara, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 17 outletsHofheim, Germany -- displacement: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsNorth Liberty, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 28 stories, carried by 22 outletsJaipur, India -- rights & justice: 64 stories, carried by 44 outletsCanberra, Australia -- rights & justice: 109 stories, carried by 169 outletsPathankot, India -- conflict & violence: 206 stories, carried by 106 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

● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● Malaysia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Louisville US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Bujumbura Burundi about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Kupwara Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Hofheim Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 12 stories ● North Liberty US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 28 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 11,078 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents24% 10,298 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence23% 10,194 stories · much less than usual (usually 30%) Health12% 5,374 stories · more than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,432 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,929 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,516 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 881 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 killed14,074 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,507 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,184 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,849 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees1,295 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations797 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced718 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Colombia Stories reporting abductions684 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill101 at about the usual rate

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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmtha little more than 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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