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51,767 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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Road crashes in Poland, protests in Madrid (Spain) and violence in Kabul drew the news. Poland's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostMontenegro 93 in 100 of its 60 stories, usually 46
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Poland

166 of its 406 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Warsaw accounted for 131 of Poland's 166 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (133 stories). Road crashes were named in 75 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Warsaw stories →
Protests & strikes

Spain

268 of its 1,247 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 90 of Madrid's 137 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (183 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Spain over 30 days → its stories → Madrid stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

243 of its 340 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Kabul accounted for 123 of Afghanistan's 243 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Rights & justice

Netherlands

233 of its 590 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (100 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Sudan

349 of its 454 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Darfur accounted for 293 of Sudan's 349 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Czechia

133 of its 290 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Prague accounted for 113 of the Czechia's 133 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Cambodia

64 of its 125 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 16 of Phnom Penh's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

311 of its 611 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 121 of Gaza's 162 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (212 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Cameroon

58 of its 124 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 40 of Bamenda's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (43 stories).

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Rights & justice

Singapore

Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (87 stories). Road crashes were named in 63 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in United Arab Emirates (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Singapore (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Iraq (116 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Yemen (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Türkiye (47 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 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 51,767 stories about harm among 263,514 counted on 13 Jan.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 13 December 2016. Poland's news mentioned road crashes more than ten times as often as usual. Poland's news was 41% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. of the day's 263,514 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 →

Montenegro93 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan77 in 100 of its 454 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq72 in 100 of its 925 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 340 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Syria71 in 100 of its 1,670 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US564 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2883 Chicago US272 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1120 Damascus Syria264 stories about protests or strikes, of its 815 Jerusalem Israel251 stories about protests or strikes, of its 452 Boston US185 stories about protests or strikes, of its 497

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSomalia: 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 readSierra 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 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 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 readOman: 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 lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 readKenya: 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: too little coverage to readItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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 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 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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 lessBulgaria: 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 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 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 readArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: 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: 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBelize: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRanchi, India -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsLittle Rock, US -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsRutland County, US -- health: 36 stories, carried by 30 outletsVienna, Austria -- conflict & violence: 43 stories, carried by 38 outletsChibok, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsManama, Bahrain -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- displacement: 23 stories, carried by 18 outletsGaza, Palestine -- rights & justice: 162 stories, carried by 46 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

● Palestine 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 ● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Fiji warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Ranchi India about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Little Rock US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Rutland County US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 36 stories ● Vienna Austria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 43 stories ● Chibok Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 15,659 stories · much more than usual (usually 25%) Health19% 9,887 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 9,213 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 8,748 stories · much less than usual (usually 24%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,965 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,077 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,284 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 919 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 killed13,840 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests6,701 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,616 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,106 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting refugees749 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Greece and the US Stories reporting abductions726 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced480 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Sudan Stories reporting evacuations325 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people falling ill112 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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