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What the world's news said happened to people.
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54,942 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Banjul (Gambia), deaths in Pyongyang and violence in Jammu. North Korea's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostGuatemala 79 in 100 of its 143 stories, usually 30
RegionCentral Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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

Gambia

136 of its 285 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Banjul accounted for 115 of the Gambia's 136 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 96 of Banjul's 115 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (103 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Banjul stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

North Korea

144 of its 242 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Pyongyang accounted for 122 of North Korea's 144 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (130 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

164 of its 221 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Jammu accounted for 137 of Kashmir's 164 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ukraine

278 of its 693 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Poisoning was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Sudan

285 of its 323 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Khartoum accounted for 145 of Sudan's 285 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. 136 of Khartoum's 145 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

113 of its 143 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (107 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Uganda

347 of its 546 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (173 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Thailand

432 of its 1,005 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (166 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Burundi

157 of its 186 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Bujumbura accounted for 132 of Burundi's 157 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Kazakhstan

43 of its 133 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 10 of Atyrau's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: bird flu in Japan (147 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Bolivia (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Rwanda (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Puerto Rico (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Austria (11 of its stories, about 7 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 29 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 54,942 stories about harm among 269,216 counted on 29 Nov.

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People falling ill were reported at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 269,216 stories, as usual. Mentions of bird flu ran more than ten times their usual in Japan's news. In the Gambia, 48% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan88 in 100 of its 323 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Central African Republic86 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi84 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice Guatemala79 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 30 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria77 in 100 of its 1,998 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US566 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1821 Morton County US439 stories about protests or strikes, of its 458 Cannonball River US227 stories about protests or strikes, of its 230 Chicago US222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 637 North Dakota US193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231

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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 lessRussia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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: 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 lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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 lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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 lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: 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: 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 readFiji: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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 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 readCzech 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: 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: too little coverage to readHong Kong: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: 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 lessBurkina Faso: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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 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 readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: too little coverage to readGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualBuea, Cameroon -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsConnecticut, US -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 33 outletsEffingham, US -- rights & justice: 62 stories, carried by 60 outletsMinsk, Belarus -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 22 outletsSussex, UK -- health: 21 stories, carried by 21 outletsLisbon, Portugal -- health: 34 stories, carried by 32 outletsRankins Springs, Australia -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 25 outletsAmman, Jordan -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 12 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 ● Portugal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ireland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Buea Cameroon about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Connecticut US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 28 stories ● Effingham US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 62 stories ● Minsk Belarus about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 26 stories ● Sussex UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 16,055 stories · less than usual (usually 33%) Conflict & violence21% 11,218 stories · about as usual Health20% 10,774 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents15% 7,910 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,153 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,203 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,619 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 943 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 killed15,838 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,536 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,364 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,673 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees823 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations790 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people displaced764 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Iraq Stories reporting abductions517 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill365 at about 6 times 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
● 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.