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44,674 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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People displaced in the Philippines, protests in Nairobi (Kenya) and people affected in Thailand drew the news. Thailand's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostHong Kong 35 in 100 of its 423 stories, usually 17
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

1,000 of its 2,136 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (79 stories). Poisoning was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Kenya

484 of its 1,153 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Nairobi accounted for 367 of Kenya's 484 stories about harm, carried by 253 outlets. 294 of Nairobi's 367 stories were about protests or strikes. Helicopter crash was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Rights & justice

Thailand

168 of its 598 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Tsunami was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Malaysia

575 of its 1,369 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (419 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Niger

668 of its 804 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Tongo Tongo accounted for 307 of Niger's 668 stories about harm, carried by 444 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (223 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

China

856 of its 4,713 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Road crashes were named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Hong Kong

149 of its 423 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

206 of its 556 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (69 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

880 of its 1,047 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (257 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Belgium

84 of its 315 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: poisoning in North Korea (34 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Nicaragua (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in South Korea (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (29 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Afghanistan (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 Oct. 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 44,674 stories about harm among 214,199 counted on 24 Oct.

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21 in every 100 of the day's 214,199 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. On 24 October 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 →

Syria84 in 100 of its 1,047 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Niger83 in 100 of its 804 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen76 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia75 in 100 of its 209 stories · usually 84 · mostly conflict & violence Central African Republic66 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Nairobi Kenya294 stories about protests or strikes, of its 367 Washington US279 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3078 Beijing China248 stories about protests or strikes, of its 557 Piedmont US169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173 Moscow Russia162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 333

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 lessYemen: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: 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 readSaudi 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 lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: 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 lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: 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: 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 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: 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 lessLatvia: 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 readKenya: 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: 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 lessIraq: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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 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: too little coverage to readJammu & 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: too little coverage to readChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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 readZambia: warmth about its own usualVietnam: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNicaragua: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualCroatia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBlack Hills, US -- health: 31 stories, carried by 31 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsCrawford, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsDakar, Senegal -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsBangui, Central African Republic -- rights & justice: 59 stories, carried by 58 outletsSan Luis Potosi, Mexico -- health: 21 stories, carried by 21 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- rights & justice: 60 stories, carried by 26 outletsNasarawa, Nigeria -- health: 12 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

● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Philippines warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Vietnam warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Black Hills US about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 31 stories ● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Crawford US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 12 stories ● Dakar Senegal about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Bangui Central African Republic about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 59 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 12,246 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Health21% 9,063 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence20% 8,565 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents15% 6,768 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,203 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,622 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,581 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 793 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 killed13,553 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,577 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,164 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,588 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees1,039 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions640 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced496 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations473 at about half the usual rate · most about Niger and the US Stories reporting people falling ill37 at about half 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 about as 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.