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44,969 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 Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), the earthquake in Nicaragua and abductions in Congo. Congo's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Panama → Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Burkina Faso and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNicaragua 90 in 100 of its 545 stories, usually 32
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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 →
Protests & strikes

Burkina Faso

145 of its 161 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Ouagadougou accounted for 135 of Burkina Faso's 145 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. 119 of Ouagadougou's 135 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (122 stories). Dengue was named in 141 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with meningitis. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Ouagadougou stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nicaragua

488 of its 545 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Bluefields accounted for 291 of Nicaragua's 488 stories about harm, carried by 346 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (192 stories). Earthquake was named in 85 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with storm surge and tsunami.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories → Bluefields stories →
Conflict & violence

Congo

66 of its 74 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Poisoning was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Liberia

129 of its 247 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Malaria was named in 64 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hiv and tuberculosis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Colombia

508 of its 773 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Bogota accounted for 414 of Colombia's 508 stories about harm, carried by 273 outlets. 308 of Bogota's 414 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (363 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

China

1,496 of its 5,347 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (539 stories). Building collapse was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cameroon

59 of its 114 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 17 of Bamenda's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Panama

295 of its 430 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. the Panama Canal accounted for 279 of Panama's 295 stories about harm, carried by 269 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (271 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bulgaria

156 of its 306 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 83 of Sofia's 101 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

El Salvador

202 of its 291 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Earthquake was named in 191 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami and hurricane.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in El Salvador (191 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Costa Rica (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Israel (371 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bird flu in Guinea (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Peru (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 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 24 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 44,969 stories about harm among 217,115 counted on 24 Nov.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Panama. 21 in every 100 of the day's 217,115 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In el Salvador's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Burkina Faso stood out: 90% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 31%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic94 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Burkina Faso90 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 31 · mostly health Nicaragua90 in 100 of its 545 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo89 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq80 in 100 of its 1,511 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Bogota Colombia308 stories about protests or strikes, of its 414 Washington US188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1325 Morton County US174 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177 Cairo Egypt129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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 lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSouth 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: 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: 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: 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 lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 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 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 lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-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 lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readDR 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: 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 lessBotswana: 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 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMauritania: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualNazran, Russia -- conflict & violence: 49 stories, carried by 39 outletsCartagena, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 63 outletsRapid City, US -- shelter & services: 56 stories, carried by 54 outletsWodonga, Australia -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 414 stories, carried by 273 outletsLouisiana, US -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 28 outletsBamenda, Cameroon -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 13 outletsMonrovia, Liberia -- health: 103 stories, carried by 100 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

● Russia warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual ● Burkina Faso warmth about one and a half times usual ● Liberia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Nazran Russia about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 49 stories ● Cartagena Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 26 stories ● Rapid City US about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 56 stories ● Wodonga Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 414 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 12,283 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence22% 9,625 stories · about as usual Health17% 7,651 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 7,246 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,649 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 2,332 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Displacement3% 1,371 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,010 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 killed15,465 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,808 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,615 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,541 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,465 at about three times the usual rate · most about Israel and Panama Stories reporting refugees871 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced427 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions373 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill146 at about twice the usual rate · most about Burkina Faso and the US

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.

● 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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