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52,683 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 Algiers (Algeria), violence in Cairo and a disaster in Port-au-Prince. Algeria's coverage was about three times 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 twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 63 in 100 of its 106 stories, usually 22
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 45
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

Algeria

66 of its 129 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Algiers accounted for 56 of Algeria's 66 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. 39 of Algiers' 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

504 of its 844 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Cairo accounted for 399 of Egypt's 504 stories about harm, carried by 277 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (173 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Rights & justice

Türkiye

681 of its 1,233 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Syria

3,637 of its 4,415 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Aleppo accounted for 3,095 of Syria's 3,637 stories about harm, carried by 1,606 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (255 stories). Building collapse was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

311 of its 846 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (175 stories). Hunger was named in 60 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

85 of its 119 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Srebrenica accounted for 68 of Bosnia's 85 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

109 of its 271 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Tropical storm was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

75 of its 150 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 43 of Addis Ababa's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (57 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Kenya

281 of its 784 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 89 of Nairobi's 119 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (110 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hunger in Yemen (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Bahamas (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Pakistan (153 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Saudi Arabia (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Palestine (44 of its stories, more than ten 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 13 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 52,683 stories about harm among 268,534 counted on 13 Dec.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 268,534 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Algeria's news was 51% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria82 in 100 of its 4,415 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti81 in 100 of its 217 stories · usually 50 · mostly disasters & accidents Libya80 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen76 in 100 of its 219 stories · usually 70 · mostly health Bosnia71 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria1106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3095 Washington US383 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2207 Portland US190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 242 Moscow Russia169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 427 Jakarta Indonesia159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 272

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 lessSweden: 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 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 readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 lessPeru: 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 lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 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 lessMorocco: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: too little coverage to readItaly: 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: too little coverage to readIceland: 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 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 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: 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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 lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBahrain: 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 lessAfghanistan: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSolomon Islands: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 38 stories, carried by 27 outletsOxfordshire, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsEnglish Channel, UK -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsGary Volunteer Fire Department, US -- shelter & services: 30 stories, carried by 58 outletsSinjar, Iraq -- rights & justice: 40 stories, carried by 38 outletsKansas, US -- health: 73 stories, carried by 75 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- rights & justice: 48 stories, carried by 40 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- disasters & accidents: 83 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

● Poland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mozambique warmth about one and a half times usual ● Portugal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 38 stories ● Oxfordshire UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● English Channel UK about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Gary Volunteer Fire Department US about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 30 stories ● Sinjar Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 40 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 14,894 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 10,643 stories · about as usual Health19% 9,976 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 8,622 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,842 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,855 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,306 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,248 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 killed16,163 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,364 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,893 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees834 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Haiti Stories reporting people displaced688 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations475 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and Syria Stories reporting abductions395 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill236 at about twice 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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