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What the world's news said happened to people.
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37,833 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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Protests in Banjul (Gambia), the hypothermia in Romania and violence in Vienna drew the news. Austria's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 41 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostRomania 85 in 100 of its 423 stories, usually 20
RegionSouth Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Gambia

1,090 of its 2,168 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Banjul accounted for 926 of the Gambia's 1,090 stories about harm, carried by 476 outlets. 700 of Banjul's 926 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Banjul stories →
Disasters & accidents

Romania

361 of its 423 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Bucharest accounted for 353 of Romania's 361 stories about harm, carried by 262 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (321 stories). Hypothermia was named in 292 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Conflict & violence

Austria

114 of its 193 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Vienna accounted for 111 of Austria's 114 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Health

Puerto Rico

76 of its 102 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Ebola was named in 56 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks.

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

Italy

933 of its 1,493 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (649 stories). Snowstorms were named in 315 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hypothermia, tsunami and extreme cold. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iran

328 of its 537 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tehran accounted for 269 of Iran's 328 stories about harm, carried by 203 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

1,143 of its 2,057 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (716 stories). Illness was named in 144 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 311 of Afghanistan's 437 stories about harm, carried by 241 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (99 stories). Hunger was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Hungary

494 of its 596 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Budapest accounted for 477 of Hungary's 494 stories about harm, carried by 513 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (329 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

191 of its 363 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Italy (315 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in Brazil (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Chile (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (38 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drought in Sri Lanka (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 37,833 stories about harm among 158,548 counted on 21 Jan.

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Mentions of the hypothermia ran more than ten times their usual in Romania's news. On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 22 January 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. 24 in every 100 of the day's 158,548 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Romania85 in 100 of its 423 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria83 in 100 of its 903 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Hungary83 in 100 of its 596 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents Puerto Rico75 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 17 · mostly health Afghanistan70 in 100 of its 624 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US4542 stories about protests or strikes, of its 5884 Banjul Gambia700 stories about protests or strikes, of its 926 Portland US324 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340 London UK192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 365 Sydney Australia155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 275

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: 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 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 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 lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: 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 lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-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 lessGeorgia: 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 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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 lessCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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 lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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 usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualOrange County, US -- conflict & violence: 115 stories, carried by 29 outletsTartus, Syria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 15 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 12 outletsPerth, Australia -- health: 18 stories, carried by 12 outletsCincinnati, US -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 22 outletsJeddah, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 152 stories, carried by 132 outletsDavos, Switzerland -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- rights & justice: 39 stories, carried by 11 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

● Saudi Arabia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Chile warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Orange County US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 115 stories ● Tartus Syria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Darfur Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Perth Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Cincinnati US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 25 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice41% 15,218 stories · much more than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents18% 6,695 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 6,649 stories · much less than usual (usually 23%) Health13% 4,807 stories · much less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,816 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 864 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 836 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 450 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 killed10,670 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,095 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured5,181 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting people affected5,046 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting refugees748 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Afghanistan Stories reporting people displaced453 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions396 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations389 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill34 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sierra Leone

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 two-thirds of 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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