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34,109 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 Manama (Bahrain), building collapse in Kazakhstan and violence in Istanbul. Bahrain's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 72 in 100 of its 1,134 stories, usually 17
RegionCentral Asia 47 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

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Bahrain

143 of its 215 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Manama accounted for 121 of Bahrain's 143 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. 91 of Manama's 121 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Bahrain over 30 days → its stories → Manama stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kazakhstan

61 of its 74 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories). Building collapse was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kazakhstan over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

3,783 of its 4,889 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Istanbul accounted for 3,525 of Türkiye's 3,783 stories about harm, carried by 1,581 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (3,251 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Brazil

817 of its 1,134 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 388 of Amazonas' 390 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (406 stories). 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.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

200 of its 222 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Sanaa accounted for 145 of Yemen's 200 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. Power cuts were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Poland

133 of its 431 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 74 of Warsaw's 86 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Senegal

130 of its 227 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Dakar accounted for 118 of Senegal's 130 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Bolivia

32 of its 53 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (26 stories). Drought was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

419 of its 488 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Mogadishu accounted for 387 of Somalia's 419 stories about harm, carried by 441 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: bird flu in Japan (85 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Bolivia (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in Latvia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (33 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in Australia (216 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 34,109 stories about harm among 155,931 counted on 2 Jan.

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Kazakhstan's news mentioned building collapse more than ten times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 155,931 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. the news turned to Bahrain for the second day running. On 3 January 2016, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen90 in 100 of its 222 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia86 in 100 of its 488 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq82 in 100 of its 1,535 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Kazakhstan82 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents Papua New Guinea80 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 49 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Amazonas Brazil388 stories about protests or strikes, of its 390 Istanbul Türkiye201 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3525 Manaus Brazil185 stories about protests or strikes, of its 190 Valles Caldera US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 153 Washington US105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 641

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: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: 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 lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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 lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: too little coverage to readEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 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 lessChina: too little coverage to readHong 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 lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGaza: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readUruguay: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about twice its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChile: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBurundi: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualPitcairn: warmth about its own usualBunkerville, US -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 27 outletsAkron, US -- health: 46 stories, carried by 53 outletsDakar, Senegal -- conflict & violence: 118 stories, carried by 114 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 387 stories, carried by 441 outletsHelsinki, Finland -- food & livelihood: 116 stories, carried by 125 outletsSamarra, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 17 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 16 outletsLucknow, India -- conflict & violence: 41 stories, carried by 22 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

● Somalia warmth about twice usual ● Finland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Chile warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bunkerville US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 25 stories ● Akron US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 46 stories ● Dakar Senegal about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 118 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 387 stories ● Helsinki Finland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 116 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence30% 10,224 stories · much more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice23% 7,633 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents16% 5,465 stories · about as usual Health15% 5,180 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,693 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 962 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 739 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 656 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 killed14,587 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US Stories reporting arrests5,485 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,434 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US Stories reporting people affected3,725 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees738 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions624 at about twice the usual rate · most about Brazil and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations333 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Singapore Stories reporting people displaced296 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill71 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 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
● 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.