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54,772 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 Aleppo (Syria), a disaster in Tete and violence in Dinka drew the news. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Uganda and Ireland →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSlovakia 89 in 100 of its 123 stories, usually 8
RegionSoutheast Asia 31 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

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 711 of Syria's 989 stories about harm, carried by 489 outlets. 382 of Aleppo's 711 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Food poisoning was named in 15 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

Mozambique

455 of its 522 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tete accounted for 353 of Mozambique's 455 stories about harm, carried by 393 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Tete stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

229 of its 280 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Dinka accounted for 117 of South Sudan's 229 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (162 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Dinka stories →
Health

Thailand

309 of its 731 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Slovakia

110 of its 123 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Bratislava accounted for 106 of Slovakia's 110 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. 104 of Bratislava's 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

222 of its 286 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 102 of Mandalay's 103 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (199 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Philippines

1,279 of its 3,194 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 326 of Manila's 614 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

213 of its 611 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 131 of Harare's 152 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

85 of its 139 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

220 of its 246 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Sanaa accounted for 142 of Yemen's 220 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Haiti (137 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in Morocco (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bird flu in South Korea (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Malawi (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tuberculosis in Tanzania (15 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 18 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 54,772 stories about harm among 268,977 counted on 18 Nov.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Uganda and Ireland. 20 in every 100 of the day's 268,977 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Haiti's news, mentions of flooding ran about 5 times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen89 in 100 of its 246 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Slovakia89 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 8 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique87 in 100 of its 522 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents South Sudan82 in 100 of its 280 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar78 in 100 of its 286 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US631 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3014 Aleppo Syria382 stories about protests or strikes, of its 711 Manila Philippines326 stories about protests or strikes, of its 614 Dallas US224 stories about protests or strikes, of its 341 Hollywood US181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 538

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: 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 lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 lessLaos: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: 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 lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 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 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: 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: 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 readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: 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 lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: 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 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 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 lessAzerbaijan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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): 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSlovakia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCroatia: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about one and a half times 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 usualCartagena, Colombia -- rights & justice: 46 stories, carried by 69 outletsEncantadora, Mexico -- rights & justice: 61 stories, carried by 63 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 52 stories, carried by 50 outletsSharm el-Sheikh, Egypt -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 103 outletsBratislava, Slovakia -- conflict & violence: 106 stories, carried by 102 outletsMaastricht, Netherlands -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsUttar Pradesh, India -- health: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsTopeka, US -- disasters & accidents: 53 stories, carried by 50 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

● Morocco warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mexico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Slovakia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Algeria warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Cartagena Colombia about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 46 stories ● Encantadora Mexico about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 61 stories ● Bogota Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 52 stories ● Sharm el-Sheikh Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Bratislava Slovakia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 106 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 17,994 stories · about as usual Health20% 10,537 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 9,162 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents15% 7,982 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,285 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,740 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,599 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,439 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 killed14,230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,929 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,821 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,025 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,110 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions536 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced513 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations287 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and New Zealand Stories reporting people falling ill268 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about Uganda and Ireland

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.

● Angera little less than 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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