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57,841 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 the hypothermia in Italy, violence in Sirte and protests in Port-au-Prince (Haiti). Italy's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostAlbania 83 in 100 of its 140 stories, usually 34
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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

Italy

1,895 of its 3,078 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (1,327 stories). Hypothermia was named in 240 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

541 of its 636 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Sirte accounted for 453 of Libya's 541 stories about harm, carried by 594 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (382 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Sirte stories →
Protests & strikes

Haiti

70 of its 109 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. 38 of Port-au-Prince's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Hunger was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Displacement

Azerbaijan

56 of its 204 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Iran

1,363 of its 2,059 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 1,307 of Iran's 1,363 stories about harm, carried by 1,005 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Building collapse was named in 314 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

151 of its 269 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Bogota accounted for 109 of Colombia's 151 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Uganda

207 of its 359 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (116 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

329 of its 376 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (311 stories). Its coverage was about three times 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

Côte d’Ivoire

57 of its 85 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Abidjan accounted for 48 of Côte d’Ivoire's 57 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Poland

156 of its 470 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 116 of Warsaw's 126 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Chile (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Kenya (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Iran (314 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Saudi Arabia (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Sri Lanka (20 of its stories, about 6 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 19 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 57,841 stories about harm among 286,424 counted on 19 Jan.

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In Haiti's news, mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 286,424 stories, below the usual 22. It was the second day running that the news turned to Italy. In Italy, 62% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual. A year earlier, on 20 January 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali88 in 100 of its 376 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Libya85 in 100 of its 636 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Albania83 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi81 in 100 of its 166 stories · usually 69 · mostly rights & justice Syria80 in 100 of its 1,223 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1923 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3602 Palmyra Syria197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 310 Moscow Russia122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 283 Warsaw Poland116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: 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: 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 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: 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: 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: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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 lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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 readChina: 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 lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 readArgentina: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMoldova: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLatvia: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCôte d’Ivoire: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChile: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBurundi: warmth about twice its own usualBulgaria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualDarfur, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 16 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 109 stories, carried by 119 outletsSpartak, Russia -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 17 outletsCumbria, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 13 stories, carried by 52 outletsGrand Junction, US -- shelter & services: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsCraiova, Romania -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsIrvine, US -- conflict & violence: 101 stories, carried by 32 outletsBali, Chile -- rights & justice: 37 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

● Burundi warmth about twice usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Chile warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ecuador warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tunisia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Darfur Sudan about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 23 stories ● Bogota Colombia about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 109 stories ● Spartak Russia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Cumbria UK about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 13 stories ● Grand Junction US about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 16,881 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Health19% 10,967 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 10,178 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 9,454 stories · much less than usual (usually 24%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,734 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,042 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,798 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,666 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 killed17,410 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,092 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,569 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured4,568 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting refugees1,084 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions519 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations494 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the Gambia Stories reporting people displaced351 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill41 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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
● 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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