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What the world's news said happened to people.
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31,186 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 violence in Kasese, wildfires in Israel and arrests in Cuba. Uganda's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Syria and Myanmar → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostUganda 85 in 100 of its 457 stories, usually 30
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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 →
Conflict & violence

Uganda

388 of its 457 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kasese accounted for 217 of Uganda's 388 stories about harm, carried by 214 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (367 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kasese stories →
Disasters & accidents

Israel

845 of its 1,454 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jerusalem accounted for 527 of Israel's 845 stories about harm, carried by 349 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories). Wildfires were named in 253 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts.

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

Cuba

2,578 of its 5,001 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (603 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Netherlands

82 of its 263 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (43 stories). Flu was named in 63 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with bird flu. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Indonesia

268 of its 409 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jakarta accounted for 155 of Indonesia's 268 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (193 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Seychelles

36 of its 42 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Dengue was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

46 of its 82 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Baku accounted for 44 of Azerbaijan's 46 stories about harm, carried by 5 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Congo

127 of its 139 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (120 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Senegal

40 of its 54 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ethiopia

69 of its 130 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). 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: hiv in South Africa (179 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Taiwan (34 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Türkiye (79 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Seychelles (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in China (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 31,186 stories about harm among 136,374 counted on 27 Nov.

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Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Uganda's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%. People displaced were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Syria and Myanmar. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 136,374 stories, above the usual 20. This week the news turned most often to Israel, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo91 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda85 in 100 of its 457 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence Central African Republic85 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan81 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 1,280 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Havana Cuba527 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1400 Cannonball River US303 stories about protests or strikes, of its 303 Aleppo Syria224 stories about protests or strikes, of its 694 Jerusalem Israel166 stories about protests or strikes, of its 527 Nabha India125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 394

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readSt 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 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: too little coverage to readPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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: 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 lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: 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 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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: 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: too little coverage to readChile: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: too little coverage to readWestern 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualCroatia: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: 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 usualJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 47 stories, carried by 45 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsHawaii, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 207 stories, carried by 287 outletsGeorgia, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 21 outletsRamallah, Palestine -- disasters & accidents: 113 stories, carried by 22 outletsUruzgan, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 18 outletsByron Bay, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 29 outletsWhitehall, UK -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 147 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 one and a half times usual ● Palestine 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 · 47 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Hawaii US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 207 stories ● Georgia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Ramallah Palestine about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 113 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 9,018 stories · less than usual (usually 33%) Conflict & violence25% 7,605 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Health15% 4,744 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents15% 4,742 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,339 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,183 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 686 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 459 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 killed11,624 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba Stories reporting arrests5,209 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected4,163 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people injured2,971 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees967 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced643 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Myanmar Stories reporting evacuations414 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Syria Stories reporting abductions310 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill28 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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
● Griefa little more than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.