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55,697 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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Rights and justice in Bogota, people displaced in Somalia and illness in Krimulda drew the news. Colombia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostLatvia 77 in 100 of its 158 stories, usually 18
RegionCentral Asia 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

135 of its 252 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Bogota accounted for 117 of Colombia's 135 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (124 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Disasters & accidents

Somalia

132 of its 192 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (40 stories). Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Latvia

122 of its 158 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Krimulda accounted for 121 of Latvia's 122 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (117 stories).

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

Mexico

828 of its 2,314 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Extreme cold was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

2,234 of its 2,905 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Istanbul accounted for 1,771 of Türkiye's 2,234 stories about harm, carried by 1,266 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

1,565 of its 3,349 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (435 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Myanmar

90 of its 151 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Poisoning was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. 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.

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Protests & strikes

Namibia

30 of its 102 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 9 of Owambo's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Argentina

63 of its 222 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Landslides were named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Netherlands (77 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); landslides in Argentina (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Myanmar (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Angola (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Zambia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 55,697 stories about harm among 268,112 counted on 17 Jan.

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The Netherlands' news mentioned power cuts about 7 times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 268,112 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Colombia, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual. On 18 January 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya88 in 100 of its 344 stories · usually 52 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen80 in 100 of its 311 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq79 in 100 of its 618 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Latvia77 in 100 of its 158 stories · usually 18 · mostly health Türkiye77 in 100 of its 2,905 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2784 Atlanta US361 stories about protests or strikes, of its 560 Istanbul Türkiye187 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1771 Delhi India94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 421 Hyderabad India92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149

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 lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 lessSouth Korea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: 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 readNetherlands: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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 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 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 readGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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 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 readCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. 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 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 lessChile: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualVietnam: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualLenoir County, US -- disasters & accidents: 47 stories, carried by 46 outletsMataram, Indonesia -- health: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsIndiana, US -- health: 76 stories, carried by 69 outletsBarellan, Australia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 37 stories, carried by 132 outletsAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsDinka, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsHavana, Cuba -- rights & justice: 122 stories, carried by 158 outletsSousse, Tunisia -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 15 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

● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mexico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tunisia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cuba warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Lenoir County US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 47 stories ● Mataram Indonesia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Indiana US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 76 stories ● Barellan Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 37 stories ● Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 17,009 stories · much more than usual (usually 26%) Conflict & violence21% 11,680 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Health19% 10,420 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 7,384 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,483 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,875 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,389 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,192 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 killed18,132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,196 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,722 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,618 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,175 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions697 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced497 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations317 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting people falling ill96 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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