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55,949 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 day's news pointed at rights and justice in Panama City, violence in Vienna and protests in Yangon (Myanmar). Chile's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria →
Part of lifeRights & justice 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 65 in 100 of its 181 stories, usually 19
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

Panama

83 of its 155 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Panama City accounted for 82 of Panama's 83 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Panama over 30 days → its stories → Panama City stories →
Conflict & violence

Austria

348 of its 803 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Vienna accounted for 331 of Austria's 348 stories about harm, carried by 226 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (277 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

122 of its 215 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Yangon accounted for 99 of Myanmar's 122 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. 95 of Yangon's 99 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Disasters & accidents

Chile

250 of its 436 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories). Wildfires were named in 129 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Chile over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Gambia

516 of its 844 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Banjul accounted for 470 of the Gambia's 516 stories about harm, carried by 319 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

237 of its 319 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Lithuania

46 of its 84 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Vilnius accounted for 43 of Lithuania's 46 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Kuwait

87 of its 170 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

307 of its 631 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 82 of Dhaka's 131 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (160 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

Mogadishu accounted for 216 of Somalia's 319 stories about harm, carried by 347 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (218 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hypothermia in Italy (211 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); malaria in Benin (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Ethiopia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Czechia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bird flu in Egypt (23 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 26 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 55,949 stories about harm among 274,706 counted on 26 Jan.

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Panama stood out: 54% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 274,706 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Refugees were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria. Chile's news mentioned wildfires about 6 times as often as usual. On 27 January 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen78 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir74 in 100 of its 319 stories · usually 37 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia70 in 100 of its 457 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Côte d’Ivoire67 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice Puerto Rico65 in 100 of its 181 stories · usually 19 · mostly food & livelihood

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1095 stories about protests or strikes, of its 4698 Chicago US341 stories about protests or strikes, of its 921 Sydney Australia192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 369 New Brunswick US181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 674 New York US161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 592

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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: 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 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: 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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 readNigeria: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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 lessLaos: 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 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: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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 lessGabon: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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 lessEcuador: 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 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: too little coverage to readBahrain: 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 readArmenia: 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 lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern 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: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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 readZambia: warmth about its own usualVietnam: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLatvia: warmth about its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualZhao Li, China -- food & livelihood: 26 stories, carried by 130 outletsNaugam, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsPathankot, India -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 26 outletsEdmonson County, US -- health: 48 stories, carried by 48 outletsElkhart, US -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsChhattisgarh, India -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsBanjul, Gambia -- rights & justice: 470 stories, carried by 319 outletsCumbria, UK -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 64 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

● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Gambia warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Zhao Li China about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 26 stories ● Naugam Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Pathankot India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Edmonson County US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 48 stories ● Elkhart US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice38% 20,666 stories · much more than usual (usually 29%) Health19% 10,496 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 8,626 stories · much less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents12% 6,751 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,373 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,170 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,761 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,079 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 killed14,540 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests8,143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,754 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,183 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Somalia Stories reporting refugees1,991 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions530 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced407 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting evacuations369 at about half the usual rate · most about Chile and Pakistan Stories reporting people falling ill45 at about half the usual rate · most about the US 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 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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