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35,459 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 train derailment in Bulgaria, violence in Sanaa and protests in Oslo (Norway). Yemen's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Afghanistan →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBulgaria 91 in 100 of its 809 stories, usually 18
RegionCentral Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Bulgaria

738 of its 809 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (125 stories). Train derailment was named in 651 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with gas explosion. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bulgaria over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

383 of its 407 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Sanaa accounted for 297 of Yemen's 383 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (316 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Protests & strikes

Norway

74 of its 189 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 32 of Oslo's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

South Korea

386 of its 1,218 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 333 of Seoul's 346 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (288 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

827 of its 2,090 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories). Building collapse was named in 60 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

452 of its 669 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (286 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Venezuela

148 of its 271 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (95 stories). Road crashes were named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Romania

98 of its 272 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (91 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Burundi

82 of its 91 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Bujumbura accounted for 80 of Burundi's 82 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. 76 of Bujumbura's 80 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Haiti (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in Pakistan (76 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Venezuela (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Jordan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ghana (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 35,459 stories about harm among 157,111 counted on 10 Dec.

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Bulgaria's news was 91% about people being harmed, against a usual 18%. In Bulgaria's news, mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Afghanistan. 23 in every 100 of the day's 157,111 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen94 in 100 of its 407 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Bulgaria91 in 100 of its 809 stories · usually 18 · mostly disasters & accidents Solomon Islands91 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 72 · mostly disasters & accidents Burundi90 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Syria75 in 100 of its 3,004 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Seoul South Korea333 stories about protests or strikes, of its 346 Washington US328 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1194 Aleppo Syria245 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1374 Banjul Gambia161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184 Palmyra Syria86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: 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: 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 lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi 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 lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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 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: 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 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 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: 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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readFrench 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: 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 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 readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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 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: 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): 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSyria: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about twice its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSenegal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualStockholm, Sweden -- conflict & violence: 64 stories, carried by 57 outletsOslo, Norway -- rights & justice: 62 stories, carried by 38 outletsRhode Island, US -- disasters & accidents: 82 stories, carried by 81 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 206 stories, carried by 150 outletsAshland, US -- disasters & accidents: 59 stories, carried by 60 outletsPilbara, Australia -- health: 10 stories, carried by 16 outletsDakar, Senegal -- rights & justice: 146 stories, carried by 144 outletsBerkshire, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 15 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

● Sweden warmth about twice usual ● Singapore warmth about one and a half times usual ● Norway warmth about one and a half times usual ● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Senegal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Stockholm Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 64 stories ● Oslo Norway about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 62 stories ● Rhode Island US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 82 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 206 stories ● Ashland US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 59 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 10,444 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence24% 8,368 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents16% 5,712 stories · about as usual Health16% 5,683 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,177 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,081 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,017 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 521 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 killed13,113 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting arrests4,506 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,212 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,618 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bulgaria Stories reporting people displaced767 at about twice the usual rate · most about Colombia and Indonesia Stories reporting refugees498 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations447 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions366 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill121 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan

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
● Griefa little more than 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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