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42,294 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 protests in Budapest (Hungary), violence in Tirana and rights and justice in Vienna. Albania's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHungary 55 in 100 of its 173 stories, usually 20
RegionCentral Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Hungary

96 of its 173 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 20 of Budapest's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Hungary over 30 days → its stories → Budapest stories →
Conflict & violence

Albania

39 of its 79 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tirana accounted for 38 of Albania's 39 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Rights & justice

Austria

100 of its 249 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Vienna accounted for 92 of Austria's 100 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (84 stories).

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Palestine

135 of its 291 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Ramallah accounted for 114 of Palestine's 135 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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

Burundi

123 of its 133 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Bujumbura accounted for 88 of Burundi's 123 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

North Macedonia

40 of its 103 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kazakhstan

50 of its 105 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Tunisia

61 of its 72 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Tunis accounted for 43 of Tunisia's 61 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Cameroon

37 of its 73 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Finland

82 of its 247 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 55 of Helsinki's 70 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (156 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Mali (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hypothermia in Belgium (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Zimbabwe (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Yemen (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 42,294 stories about harm among 201,137 counted on 30 Dec.

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Hungary stood out: 55% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 20%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 201,137 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran about three times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi92 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia85 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq79 in 100 of its 820 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan75 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Syria72 in 100 of its 1,782 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US195 stories about protests or strikes, of its 975 Damascus Syria161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 491 Aleppo Syria116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 511 London UK110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 577 Orlando US107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: 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 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 lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 lessPoland: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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 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 lessLuxembourg: 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: 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 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 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 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 lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 lessWestern 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUruguay: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualItalian Riviera, Italy -- health: 20 stories, carried by 17 outletsAstana, Kazakhstan -- conflict & violence: 42 stories, carried by 29 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 14 outletsCassoday, US -- disasters & accidents: 45 stories, carried by 45 outletsGympie, Australia -- health: 10 stories, carried by 17 outletsCloverfield, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 17 outletsBudapest, Hungary -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 21 outletsTabanovce, North Macedonia -- conflict & violence: 39 stories, carried by 33 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

● Hungary warmth about one and a half times usual ● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ecuador warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kazakhstan warmth about one and a half times usual ● North Macedonia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mexico warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Italian Riviera Italy about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Astana Kazakhstan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 42 stories ● Yorkshire UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Cassoday US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 45 stories ● Gympie Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 10,183 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 8,940 stories · about as usual Health20% 8,161 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 6,838 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given9% 3,550 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services5% 2,080 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 953 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 831 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 killed14,586 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,987 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,710 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,111 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees682 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced599 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations461 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting abductions363 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill52 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the US

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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