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37,613 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Cairo (Egypt), rights and justice in Vienna and the hunger in Ethiopia. Ethiopia's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were softer than usual.

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria → Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria → Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Jordan → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBolivia 83 in 100 of its 82 stories, usually 28
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 56 in 100 of its stories, usually 45
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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Protests & strikes

Egypt

383 of its 600 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Cairo accounted for 331 of Egypt's 383 stories about harm, carried by 245 outlets. 166 of Cairo's 331 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (209 stories). Landslides were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Rights & justice

Austria

175 of its 260 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Vienna accounted for 134 of Austria's 175 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (154 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ethiopia

127 of its 202 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Hunger was named in 111 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

350 of its 562 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Heavy rain was named in 77 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms and flooding.

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

Bolivia

68 of its 82 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Mizque accounted for 63 of Bolivia's 68 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. 63 of Mizque's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (61 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Madagascar

25 of its 34 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Chile

160 of its 227 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories). Wildfires were named in 114 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with earthquake. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

623 of its 1,088 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 272 of Tehran's 432 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

South Sudan

22 of its 31 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 3 of Juba's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Outbreaks were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cholera.

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Protests & strikes

Mongolia

58 of its 119 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 48 of Ulaanbaatar's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Extreme cold was named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Chile (114 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in Mongolia (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Japan (44 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in South Sudan (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Madagascar (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 37,613 stories about harm among 159,499 counted on 28 Jan.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 159,499 stories, above the usual 21. Mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual in Ethiopia's news. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria. On 29 January 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bolivia83 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 28 · mostly rights & justice Iraq81 in 100 of its 711 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen77 in 100 of its 312 stories · usually 73 · mostly rights & justice Syria74 in 100 of its 1,502 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Chile70 in 100 of its 227 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US840 stories about protests or strikes, of its 4224 Tehran Iran272 stories about protests or strikes, of its 432 Islamabad Pakistan177 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 Cairo Egypt166 stories about protests or strikes, of its 331 Jaipur India104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited 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: 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 lessTanzania: 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 lessSwitzerland: 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 readSouth 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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 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: too little coverage to readMali: 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: 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: 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 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 lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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 readGuinea: 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 lessGermany: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: too little coverage to readEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: 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 lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: too little coverage to readHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readUK: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBolivia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualJersey: warmth about its own usualZhao Li, China -- food & livelihood: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsZaynab, Iraq -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsLong Beach, US -- conflict & violence: 129 stories, carried by 38 outletsBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 19 outletsGhazipur, India -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 10 outlets-Slaughterville, US -- health: 108 stories, carried by 99 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 68 stories, carried by 39 outletsJalandhar, India -- other: 18 stories, carried by 14 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

● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Papua New Guinea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual ● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Zhao Li China about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 14 stories ● Zaynab Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Long Beach US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 129 stories ● Bamako Mali about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 31 stories ● Ghazipur India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 11,331 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 6,741 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Health18% 6,529 stories · about as usual Displacement13% 4,980 stories · much more than usual (usually 3%) Disasters & accidents11% 4,086 stories · much less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,985 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 932 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 420 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 affected9,398 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people killed9,249 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees5,858 at about 9 times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting arrests4,356 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,612 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced676 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Jordan Stories reporting evacuations312 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions284 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill20 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
● Feara little more than 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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