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What the world's news said happened to people.
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52,090 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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Most of the day's attention went to the tsunami in Fiji, protests in Amazonas (Brazil) and arrests in the Philippines. Türkiye's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostFiji 79 in 100 of its 519 stories, usually 34
RegionCentral Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Disasters & accidents

Fiji

408 of its 519 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Nadi accounted for 201 of Fiji's 408 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (66 stories). Tsunami was named in 366 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

Fiji over 30 days → its stories → Nadi stories →
Protests & strikes

Brazil

364 of its 866 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 80 of Amazonas' 94 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (252 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Amazonas stories →
Rights & justice

Philippines

1,413 of its 2,790 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (762 stories). Power cuts were named in 40 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

1,866 of its 2,871 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Istanbul accounted for 1,419 of Türkiye's 1,866 stories about harm, carried by 919 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (73 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

Iran

229 of its 616 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 82 of Tehran's 146 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Hunger was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

75 of its 83 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Health

Czechia

127 of its 324 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

1,382 of its 3,120 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 472 of Tel Aviv's 694 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

138 of its 279 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kathmandu accounted for 118 of Nepal's 138 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (104 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

344 of its 979 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (75 stories). Oil spill was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Vietnam (40 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cholera in Tanzania (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Germany (193 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Cameroon (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Singapore (39 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 4 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 52,090 stories about harm among 258,573 counted on 4 Jan.

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In Fiji's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 10 times their usual. Fiji stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. On 5 January 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 today. of the day's 258,573 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic90 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Honduras87 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 33 · mostly health Burundi86 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Fiji79 in 100 of its 519 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq77 in 100 of its 968 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US745 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2097 Tel Aviv Israel472 stories about protests or strikes, of its 694 Alabama US311 stories about protests or strikes, of its 356 Kolkata India233 stories about protests or strikes, of its 268 Istanbul Türkiye212 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1419

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: 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: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: 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: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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 lessNorth Macedonia: 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 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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: too little coverage to readIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: 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 readGhana: 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 lessFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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 lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualGabon: warmth about its own usualEl Salvador: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBulgaria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMboki, Central African Republic -- conflict & violence: 42 stories, carried by 44 outletsArkansas, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 21 outletsBarwon, Australia -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 14 outletsZemio, Central African Republic -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 12 outletsCairngorm, UK -- displacement: 22 stories, carried by 147 outletsDammam, Saudi Arabia -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsOregon Inlet, US -- displacement: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsGaza, Palestine -- displacement: 13 stories, carried by 13 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

● Central African Republic warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mexico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bulgaria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Austria warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mboki Central African Republic about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 42 stories ● Arkansas US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Barwon Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Zemio Central African Republic about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Cairngorm UK about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 22 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 15,141 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Health20% 10,336 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 9,860 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents17% 8,800 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,931 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,721 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,354 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 992 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 killed15,727 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests8,468 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,182 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured4,457 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting refugees697 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting people displaced497 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iraq and the US Stories reporting evacuations380 at about half the usual rate · most about Malaysia and Türkiye Stories reporting abductions345 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Brazil and the US Stories reporting people falling ill102 at about the usual rate

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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