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What the world's news said happened to people.
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49,616 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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Protests in Vilnius (Lithuania), rights and justice in Abidjan and violence in Dakar drew the news. Myanmar's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostCôte d’Ivoire 83 in 100 of its 146 stories, usually 29
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Lithuania

55 of its 87 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Vilnius accounted for 51 of Lithuania's 55 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. 41 of Vilnius' 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Senegal

51 of its 72 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Dakar accounted for 43 of Senegal's 51 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

96 of its 169 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (65 stories). Landslides were named in 60 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Georgia

50 of its 67 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). 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.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Denmark

473 of its 811 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 132 of Copenhagen's 203 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Uganda

253 of its 446 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kampala accounted for 210 of Uganda's 253 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Ebola was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mozambique

145 of its 188 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Maputo accounted for 135 of Mozambique's 145 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Romania

92 of its 265 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Poland

107 of its 304 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: ebola in Argentina (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in Ghana (31 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cholera in Haiti (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Ukraine (24 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 27 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 49,616 stories about harm among 245,678 counted on 27 Jan.

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Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 245,678 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. Lithuania stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Côte d’Ivoire83 in 100 of its 146 stories · usually 29 · mostly rights & justice Yemen82 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique77 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Georgia75 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 18 · mostly conflict & violence Syria74 in 100 of its 1,061 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge US979 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1673 Delhi India241 stories about protests or strikes, of its 469 Washington US238 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1676 Athens Greece208 stories about protests or strikes, of its 356 Paris France180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 588

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: 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: 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 Kingdom: 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: 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 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 readSri Lanka: 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 lessSingapore: 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 readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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 lessPoland: 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 readOman: 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 lessNiue: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: 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 lessLithuania: 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 lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: 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 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 lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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 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: 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 lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 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 lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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 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 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: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualVietnam: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPakistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMoldova: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualGeorgia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about twice its own usualBurundi: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualTalisker, UK -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 79 outletsEchuca, Australia -- rights & justice: 42 stories, carried by 60 outletsPembrokeshire, UK -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 27 outletsKokomo, US -- health: 32 stories, carried by 32 outletsKiev, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 64 stories, carried by 64 outletsIstanbul, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 195 stories, carried by 176 outletsNairobi, Kenya -- conflict & violence: 81 stories, carried by 71 outletsBujumbura, Burundi -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 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

● Cameroon warmth about twice usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ukraine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kenya warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Talisker UK about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories ● Echuca Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 42 stories ● Pembrokeshire UK about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Kokomo US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 32 stories ● Kiev Ukraine about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 64 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 16,249 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence21% 10,406 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Health14% 7,017 stories · more than usual (usually 10%) Disasters & accidents14% 6,584 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,879 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 2,521 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,668 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,345 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 killed13,738 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,729 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,607 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,540 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Jordan Stories reporting refugees1,807 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions708 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced508 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations288 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill118 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmtha little more than 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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