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32,412 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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People killed in Cuba, a disaster in Jerusalem and rights and justice in Bujumbura drew the news. Burundi's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCosta Rica 73 in 100 of its 150 stories, usually 26
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Cuba

4,130 of its 8,107 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (3,150 stories). Poisoning was named in 77 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Israel

575 of its 910 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jerusalem accounted for 458 of Israel's 575 stories about harm, carried by 304 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (184 stories). Drought was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Rights & justice

Burundi

90 of its 94 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Bujumbura accounted for 88 of Burundi's 90 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Burundi over 30 days → its stories → Bujumbura stories →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

100 of its 168 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 30 of Bogota's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Somalia

398 of its 486 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Mogadishu accounted for 336 of Somalia's 398 stories about harm, carried by 291 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (321 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Argentina

60 of its 237 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 37 of Buenos Aires' 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Singapore

216 of its 1,591 stories (14%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (121 stories). Dengue was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Philippines

181 of Manila's 259 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (208 stories). Tropical storm was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Costa Rica

110 of its 150 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nicaragua

134 of its 148 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tsunami was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Taiwan (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Netherlands (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Nicaragua (48 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in South Korea (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in South Africa (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 32,412 stories about harm among 141,709 counted on 26 Nov.

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In Cuba, 51% of the news was about people being harmed, where 17% is usual. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual in Taiwan's news. of the day's 141,709 news stories, 23 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 →

Burundi96 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Nicaragua91 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 52 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia82 in 100 of its 486 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan80 in 100 of its 337 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Libya79 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Havana Cuba1055 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2654 Cannonball River US349 stories about protests or strikes, of its 353 Bismarck US309 stories about protests or strikes, of its 310 Washington US214 stories about protests or strikes, of its 874 Manila Philippines181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 259

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 lessVietnam: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: 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 lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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 lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readOman: too little coverage to readNorth 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: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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 lessNorth 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 lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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 lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 lessCroatia: 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: 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 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: 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 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 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 lessAlbania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about twice its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMauritius: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualMadagascar: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 249 stories, carried by 352 outletsWarland Reserve, Australia -- rights & justice: 107 stories, carried by 129 outletsOslo, Norway -- rights & justice: 38 stories, carried by 39 outletsHandwara, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 21 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 56 stories, carried by 49 outletsNorfolk Botanical Garden, US -- health: 23 stories, carried by 39 outletsGwadar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsPlattsburgh, US -- health: 71 stories, carried by 71 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

● South Sudan warmth about twice usual ● Norway warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Juba South Sudan about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 249 stories ● Warland Reserve Australia about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 107 stories ● Oslo Norway about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 38 stories ● Handwara Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 56 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 9,783 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence27% 8,465 stories · much more than usual (usually 21%) Health15% 4,889 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents13% 4,218 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,390 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 819 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 739 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 492 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 killed13,553 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Cuba and the US Stories reporting arrests4,951 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba Stories reporting people affected3,563 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,181 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Somalia Stories reporting refugees593 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions478 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting evacuations407 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Syria Stories reporting people displaced250 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill31 at about the usual rate

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

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times usual
● Feara little less than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.