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28,236 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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Protests in Manama (Bahrain), people displaced in Manus Island and violence in Bujumbura drew the news. Burundi's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and the US →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 59 in 100 of its 600 stories, usually 15
RegionCentral Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

216 of its 267 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Manama accounted for 115 of Bahrain's 216 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. 87 of Manama's 115 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 5 times its own usual.

Bahrain over 30 days → its stories → Manama stories →
Conflict & violence

Burundi

200 of its 280 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Bujumbura accounted for 185 of Burundi's 200 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

China

662 of its 2,502 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 349 of Shanghai's 360 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (366 stories). Storms were named in 336 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tornadoes.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

Istanbul accounted for 3,154 of Türkiye's 3,292 stories about harm, carried by 1,493 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (2,270 stories). Plague was named in 139 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Brazil

356 of its 600 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (117 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

560 of its 1,233 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (371 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

720 of its 832 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (297 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Bolivia

18 of its 42 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (17 stories). Drought was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in China (336 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Venezuela (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Bolivia (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Zimbabwe (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Belgium (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Jan. 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 28,236 stories about harm among 119,091 counted on 1 Jan.

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In China's news, mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 119,091 stories, above the usual 22. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and the US. In Bahrain, 81% of the news was about people being harmed, where 37% is usual. A year earlier, on 2 January 2016, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. Over December, 22 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 →

Papua New Guinea89 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 47 · mostly displacement Iraq87 in 100 of its 832 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia84 in 100 of its 825 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo81 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 68 · mostly rights & justice Syria81 in 100 of its 973 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Shanghai China349 stories about protests or strikes, of its 360 Seoul South Korea128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 226 Istanbul Türkiye125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3154 Chicago US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 291 Damascus Syria101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 344

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 lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 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 lessIraq: 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 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: 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 readFiji: 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 lessEcuador: 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 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: too little coverage to readBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 one and a half times its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHawaii, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 53 stories, carried by 16 outletsTartus, Syria -- conflict & violence: 125 stories, carried by 123 outletsSouth Carolina, US -- conflict & violence: 177 stories, carried by 266 outletsNiger Delta, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 94 stories, carried by 67 outletsKinshasa, DR Congo -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsAirlie Beach, Australia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 16 stories, carried by 26 outletsLucknow, India -- rights & justice: 41 stories, carried by 21 outletsKaliningrad, Russia -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 17 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

● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Papua New Guinea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Lebanon warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Hawaii US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 53 stories ● Tartus Syria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 125 stories ● South Carolina US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 177 stories ● Niger Delta Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 94 stories ● Kinshasa DR Congo about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence33% 9,177 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Rights & justice21% 5,773 stories · much less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents16% 4,401 stories · about as usual Health13% 3,563 stories · much less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given9% 2,452 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services4% 1,042 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 876 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 516 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 killed12,849 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people injured5,615 at about twice the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US Stories reporting people affected3,449 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,076 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees724 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people displaced333 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations298 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Singapore and the US Stories reporting abductions297 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times usual
● Feara little more 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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