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28,931 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 Manama (Bahrain), violence in Brussels and abductions in North Korea. Bahrain's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much softer than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the Philippines and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostLibya 96 in 100 of its 382 stories, usually 48
RegionCentral Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

581 of its 686 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Manama accounted for 388 of Bahrain's 581 stories about harm, carried by 332 outlets. 353 of Manama's 388 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (560 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Belgium

236 of its 356 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Brussels accounted for 233 of Belgium's 236 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (206 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories → Brussels stories →
Health

North Korea

66 of its 105 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

India

1,560 of its 6,511 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Avalanche was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with storms and heatwave.

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

Brazil

628 of its 899 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 355 of Rio Grande do Norte's 412 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (537 stories). Natural hazards were named in 43 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

Damascus accounted for 348 of Syria's 581 stories about harm, carried by 309 outlets. 267 of Damascus' 348 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (244 stories). Hunger was named in 60 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

86 of its 101 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Juba accounted for 84 of South Sudan's 86 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Uganda

94 of its 150 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Flu was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with bird flu. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

112 of its 129 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Sanaa accounted for 79 of Yemen's 112 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

363 of its 1,177 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (205 stories). Extreme cold was named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms and hypothermia.

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Thailand (48 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Uganda (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Italy (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Kenya (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Sri Lanka (10 of its stories, about 6 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 15 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 28,931 stories about harm among 130,649 counted on 15 Jan.

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Mentions of tuberculosis ran more than ten times their usual in North Korea's news. of the day's 130,649 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Abductions were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the Philippines and the US. For the second day running, the news turned to Bahrain. This week the news turned most often to Afghanistan, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya96 in 100 of its 382 stories · usually 48 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo93 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen87 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan85 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Bahrain85 in 100 of its 686 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US733 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1592 Rio Grande do Norte Brazil355 stories about protests or strikes, of its 412 Manama Bahrain353 stories about protests or strikes, of its 388 Damascus Syria267 stories about protests or strikes, of its 348 Chicago US153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 307

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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 readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 readSudan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: 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: too little coverage to readNiger: 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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 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 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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 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 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 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 lessBulgaria: 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: 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 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 lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: 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: 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: 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: 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 readTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about twice its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAntigua & Barbuda: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 84 stories, carried by 105 outletsSalzburg, Austria -- displacement: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsTibet, China -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsPatrushev, Russia -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsTampa, US -- health: 28 stories, carried by 30 outletsAnantnag, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 47 stories, carried by 27 outletsMinna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsSouthport, UK -- other: 15 stories, carried by 10 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

● Congo warmth about twice usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Juba South Sudan about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 84 stories ● Salzburg Austria about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 15 stories ● Tibet China about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Patrushev Russia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Tampa US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 9,439 stories · much more than usual (usually 26%) Conflict & violence23% 6,538 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 4,951 stories · about as usual Health13% 3,832 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,406 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 928 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 890 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 410 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 killed9,091 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,657 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,335 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,028 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions851 at about three times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting refugees435 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations275 at about half the usual rate · most about Kuwait and Oman Stories reporting people displaced259 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill30 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and the UK

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.

● 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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