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35,487 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 day's news pointed at protests in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), road crashes in Egypt and deaths in Algiers. Everywhere we counted, the words were softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostAlgeria 71 in 100 of its 107 stories, usually 16
RegionSoutheast Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Protests & strikes

Malaysia

679 of its 1,202 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 500 of Malaysia's 679 stories about harm, carried by 344 outlets. 479 of Kuala Lumpur's 500 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories).

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories → Kuala Lumpur stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

433 of its 813 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Cairo accounted for 298 of Egypt's 433 stories about harm, carried by 229 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (176 stories). Road crashes were named in 52 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Algeria

76 of its 107 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Algiers accounted for 74 of Algeria's 76 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories).

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Disasters & accidents

Chile

86 of its 202 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories). Wildfires were named in 78 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave.

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

Indonesia

252 of its 439 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jakarta accounted for 177 of Indonesia's 252 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. 152 of Jakarta's 177 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

77 of its 95 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Dinka accounted for 58 of South Sudan's 77 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

107 of its 163 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Argentina

86 of its 280 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 77 of Buenos Aires' 83 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Spain

165 of its 829 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (114 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

101 of its 282 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in France (128 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Malawi (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Armenia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Türkiye (66 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Philippines (75 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 35,487 stories about harm among 158,070 counted on 19 Nov.

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Malaysia's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. of the day's 158,070 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan81 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq80 in 100 of its 850 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 974 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan76 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Algeria71 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 16 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US580 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2210 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia479 stories about protests or strikes, of its 500 Aleppo Syria328 stories about protests or strikes, of its 664 Seoul South Korea165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168 Boston US157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 369

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 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 Africa: 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 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: 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 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 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 lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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 readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: 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 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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 lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: 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 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualLaos: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: 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 usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGwoza, Nigeria -- shelter & services: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsDelaware, US -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 30 outletsNiger Delta, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 20 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 93 stories, carried by 91 outletsPulwama, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 35 stories, carried by 27 outletsGhazni, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsSpennymoor, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 11 outletsDinka, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 58 stories, carried by 70 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 one and a half times usual ● Albania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Gwoza Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 17 stories ● Delaware US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 29 stories ● Niger Delta Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Arizona US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 93 stories ● Pulwama Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 35 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 11,929 stories · more than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence21% 7,325 stories · about as usual Health18% 6,185 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 4,974 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,690 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,214 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 984 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 655 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 killed9,427 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,887 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,546 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,598 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees707 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced594 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Yemen and the US Stories reporting abductions397 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations272 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Chile and India Stories reporting people falling ill74 at about twice the usual rate · most about the UK 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.

● 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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