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57,326 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 Banjul (Gambia), deaths in Bangkok and violence in Aleppo. Thailand's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostAntarctica 88 in 100 of its 289 stories, usually 13
RegionSoutheast Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Gambia

243 of its 443 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Banjul accounted for 181 of the Gambia's 243 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. 91 of Banjul's 181 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (154 stories). Landslides were named in 33 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.

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

Thailand

484 of its 1,089 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Bangkok accounted for 361 of Thailand's 484 stories about harm, carried by 430 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (262 stories). Train derailment 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.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 864 of Syria's 1,178 stories about harm, carried by 542 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (99 stories). Heavy rain was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Senegal

139 of its 192 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Dakar accounted for 135 of Senegal's 139 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (132 stories).

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

Bangladesh

331 of its 719 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 54 of Dhaka's 104 stories were about protests or strikes. Poisoning was named in 30 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.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Argentina

105 of its 298 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Chile

102 of its 307 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 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 →
Rights & justice

Singapore

324 of its 1,755 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Belarus

25 of its 76 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Namibia

37 of its 121 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Drought was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Poland (68 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Namibia (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Japan (56 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); landslides in Trinidad & Tobago (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Brazil (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 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 1 Dec. 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 57,326 stories about harm among 284,854 counted on 1 Dec.

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It was the third day running that the news turned to the Gambia. of the day's 284,854 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. the Gambia's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%. Over November, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Antarctica88 in 100 of its 289 stories · usually 13 · mostly displacement South Sudan78 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Syria77 in 100 of its 1,532 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Congo75 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Libya74 in 100 of its 306 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US381 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1998 Jakarta Indonesia207 stories about protests or strikes, of its 252 Bogota Colombia151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 217 Charlotte US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 216 Aleppo Syria138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 864

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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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 lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 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 lessRomania: 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 readOman: 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 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: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: 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 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 lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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 lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 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: too little coverage to readIreland: 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: 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 lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: 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 lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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 readDR 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: 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: too little coverage to readGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readAzad 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSyria: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMozambique: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualLaos: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about its own usualCosta Rica: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualCartagena, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 70 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 217 stories, carried by 184 outletsChattanooga, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 67 stories, carried by 61 outletsGuizhou, China -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 26 outletsDoha, Qatar -- health: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsCold Lake, Canada -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBanjul, Gambia -- rights & justice: 181 stories, carried by 159 outletsGreat Barrier Reef, Australia -- shelter & services: 32 stories, carried by 120 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

● Pakistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Russia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mozambique warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Cartagena Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 217 stories ● Chattanooga US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 67 stories ● Guizhou China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 19 stories ● Doha Qatar about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 16,871 stories · less than usual (usually 33%) Health22% 12,632 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence17% 9,841 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents14% 8,149 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,511 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,413 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,854 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,139 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 killed16,902 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,947 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,232 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,019 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting refugees836 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced652 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations543 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill93 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 much 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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