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46,849 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 rights and justice in Bujumbura, the hunger in Ethiopia and violence in Bogota. Burundi's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostColombia 71 in 100 of its 377 stories, usually 29
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 33 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 →
Rights & justice

Burundi

525 of its 557 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Bujumbura accounted for 437 of Burundi's 525 stories about harm, carried by 320 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (295 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Burundi over 30 days → its stories → Bujumbura stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ethiopia

178 of its 310 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Hunger was named in 119 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Kuwait

39 of its 84 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Hungary

89 of its 187 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

92 of its 111 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Central African Republic

165 of its 225 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Bangui accounted for 109 of the Central African Republic's 165 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

117 of its 505 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (100 stories). Typhoon was named in 79 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plane crash and heavy rain.

its stories →
Health

Uganda

125 of its 284 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kampala accounted for 99 of Uganda's 125 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Natural hazards were named in 71 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Health

Brazil

820 of its 1,757 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories). Wildfires were named in 96 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with respiratory illness, hiv and cholera.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Taiwan (79 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Uganda (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in Ghana (44 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Syria (192 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Sweden (35 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 46,849 stories about harm among 228,289 counted on 29 Jan.

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Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 21 in every 100 of the day's 228,289 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ethiopia's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 6 times their usual. Burundi stood out: 94% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 79%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi94 in 100 of its 557 stories · usually 79 · mostly rights & justice Yemen84 in 100 of its 162 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Mali83 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Central African Republic73 in 100 of its 225 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice Libya72 in 100 of its 236 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge US259 stories about protests or strikes, of its 382 Damascus Syria239 stories about protests or strikes, of its 538 Des Moines US192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 651 Delhi India176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 409 Washington US172 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1476

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: 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 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: 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 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: 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 lessMozambique: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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 readJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: 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 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 readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: 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: 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 readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 lessChina: 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 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 lessBurundi: 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 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 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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 lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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): 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: 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: too little coverage to readZambia: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTurkmenistan: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTaiwan: warmth about one and a half times 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 its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times 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 usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about three times its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBotswana: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGreat Barrier Reef, Australia -- other: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsTakahama, Japan -- disasters & accidents: 27 stories, carried by 27 outletsPuntland, Somalia -- food & livelihood: 35 stories, carried by 34 outletsAgartala, India -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsBuhari, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 21 outletsGood Thunder, US -- health: 40 stories, carried by 30 outletsTorun, Poland -- rights & justice: 68 stories, carried by 94 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

● Hong Kong warmth about three times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kenya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Great Barrier Reef Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · other · 16 stories ● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Takahama Japan about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 27 stories ● Puntland Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 35 stories ● Agartala India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 14,532 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence21% 9,420 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health15% 6,880 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Disasters & accidents13% 5,766 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,600 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 2,279 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 2,144 stories · more than usual (usually 2%) Displacement4% 2,047 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 killed13,106 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,698 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,025 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,297 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Saudi Arabia Stories reporting refugees1,892 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced634 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Somalia Stories reporting evacuations599 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions549 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill127 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.

● Angera little less than 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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