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55,649 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 protests in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), violence in Quito and landslides in Nicaragua. Ecuador's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCôte d’Ivoire 69 in 100 of its 111 stories, usually 24
RegionOceania 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Ecuador

56 of its 105 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Quito accounted for 46 of Ecuador's 56 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Quito stories →
Displacement

Nicaragua

46 of its 80 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Landslides were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Sierra Leone

61 of its 102 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Haemorrhagic fever was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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

South Africa

617 of its 1,993 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 131 of Middelburg's 199 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (143 stories). Tornadoes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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Displacement

Greece

805 of its 1,772 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Athens accounted for 682 of Greece's 805 stories about harm, carried by 515 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (499 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

150 of its 470 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Tunisia

32 of its 44 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

78 of its 126 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

243 of its 683 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (152 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Central African Republic (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hypothermia in Libya (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Morocco (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); malaria in Burundi (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Vietnam (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 55,649 stories about harm among 279,006 counted on 16 Nov.

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Côte d’Ivoire's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. of the day's 279,006 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Nicaragua's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria78 in 100 of its 1,789 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq78 in 100 of its 1,136 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi77 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan75 in 100 of its 674 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Côte d’Ivoire69 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 24 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US739 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3048 Aleppo Syria441 stories about protests or strikes, of its 866 Falcon Heights US238 stories about protests or strikes, of its 548 Athens Greece216 stories about protests or strikes, of its 682 Morton County US212 stories about protests or strikes, of its 214

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 lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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 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 lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: 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 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 lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: 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 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 lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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 lessHungary: 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 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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: 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 lessBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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 readCrimea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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 usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNicaragua: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualLaos: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: 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 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 usualTuanyuan, China -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsDinka, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 23 outletsManagua, Nicaragua -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 24 outletsNoosa, Australia -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 32 outletsBolivar, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 38 stories, carried by 32 outletsLake Chad, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 27 outletsCape Cod, US -- displacement: 44 stories, carried by 41 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

● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Azerbaijan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cameroon warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Tuanyuan China about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Dinka South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 30 stories ● Managua Nicaragua about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 30 stories ● Noosa Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 24 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 18,367 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Conflict & violence20% 11,072 stories · about as usual Health19% 10,400 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 7,058 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,680 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,125 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,675 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,271 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 killed14,084 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,078 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,915 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,961 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting refugees1,898 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Greece and Italy Stories reporting evacuations724 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced684 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions567 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill37 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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

● 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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