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49,221 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 Warsaw (Poland), violence in Aleppo and landslides in New Zealand drew the news. Poland's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNew Zealand 72 in 100 of its 3,767 stories, usually 22
RegionOceania 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Poland

228 of its 453 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Warsaw accounted for 178 of Poland's 228 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. 115 of Warsaw's 178 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (210 stories). Plane crash was named in 152 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Warsaw stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 543 of Syria's 779 stories about harm, carried by 556 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (110 stories). Poisoning was named in 55 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

2,696 of its 3,767 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (526 stories). Landslides were named in 903 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption.

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

Senegal

67 of its 111 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Dakar accounted for 64 of Senegal's 67 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (48 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Austria

106 of its 244 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Vienna accounted for 87 of Austria's 106 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (46 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Mexico

442 of its 1,457 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 42 of Catemaco's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (216 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Malaysia

326 of its 1,027 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Netherlands

137 of its 537 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

109 of its 228 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Yemen (36 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tropical storm in Guatemala (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Israel (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Russia (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in South Africa (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 Nov. 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 49,221 stories about harm among 242,994 counted on 14 Nov.

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In Poland's news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 242,994 stories, as usual. Poland's news was 50% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria79 in 100 of its 985 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq78 in 100 of its 1,202 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen74 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan73 in 100 of its 620 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Congo72 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1099 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3651 Portland US189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 Greenwood County US185 stories about protests or strikes, of its 305 Philadelphia US180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 370 Aleppo Syria160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 543

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 lessYemen: 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: too little coverage to readU.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 lessUnited 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 lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 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 lessSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: 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 lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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 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: 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 lessLibya: 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 lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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 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 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 readSt 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 readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 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: too little coverage to readDR 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 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 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: 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 lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: 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): 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 lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLaos: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBolivia: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualShiawassee County, US -- disasters & accidents: 22 stories, carried by 22 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 38 stories, carried by 35 outletsGalkayo, Somalia -- displacement: 17 stories, carried by 10 outletsArkansas, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsThrissur, India -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsMahama, Ghana -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 11 outletsSaskatchewan, Canada -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 43 outletsAirlie Beach, Australia -- health: 18 stories, carried by 27 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

● Malta warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Shiawassee County US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 22 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 38 stories ● Galkayo Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 17 stories ● Arkansas US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Thrissur India about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 15,974 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Health19% 9,195 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 8,360 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents16% 7,954 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,715 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,575 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,501 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,073 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 killed13,728 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,820 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,940 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,551 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting refugees1,340 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations830 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about New Zealand and the US Stories reporting people displaced652 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions438 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people falling ill32 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and France

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● 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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