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46,573 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 violence in Buenos Aires, helicopter crash in Saudi Arabia and deaths in Touba. Argentina's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan → Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Yemen →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSenegal 64 in 100 of its 146 stories, usually 22
RegionNorth America 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Argentina

151 of its 269 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Buenos Aires accounted for 117 of Argentina's 151 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

2,003 of its 3,216 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Riyadh accounted for 1,340 of Saudi Arabia's 2,003 stories about harm, carried by 693 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (1,020 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 227 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Riyadh stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Senegal

94 of its 146 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Touba accounted for 85 of Senegal's 94 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (82 stories).

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Touba stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

113 of its 228 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (73 stories). Cyclone was named in 77 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Fiji over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Iran

210 of its 474 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Road crashes were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Nicaragua

61 of its 88 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sudan

169 of its 218 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Baggari accounted for 126 of Sudan's 169 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (145 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

351 of its 731 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (253 stories). Typhoon was named in 271 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Estonia

23 of its 56 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. 10 of Tallinn's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Health

Sierra Leone

61 of its 88 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Landslides were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Vietnam (271 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in Bermuda (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Mexico (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); rabies in Albania (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Morocco (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 25 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 Nov. 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 46,573 stories about harm among 194,564 counted on 6 Nov.

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In Argentina, 56% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 194,564 stories, above the usual 23. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan. A year earlier, on 6 November 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger85 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Syria78 in 100 of its 420 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan78 in 100 of its 218 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents Sierra Leone69 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 46 · mostly health Nicaragua69 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 25 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tokyo Japan418 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1068 Sutherland Springs US255 stories about protests or strikes, of its 5172 London UK165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 570 Washington US155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1161 Charlottesville US126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170

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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: 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 lessSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readNorth 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 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 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: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: too little coverage to readGermany: 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: 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 readFiji: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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 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: 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 lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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 readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNicaragua: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualMadagascar: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualDelta State, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 85 outletsWiwili, Nicaragua -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 49 stories, carried by 55 outletsBurutu, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsLicking County, US -- health: 60 stories, carried by 61 outletsNew Hampshire, US -- health: 23 stories, carried by 19 outletsHelsinki, Finland -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 27 outletsAkasaka, Japan -- disasters & accidents: 47 stories, carried by 92 outletsBeijing, China -- rights & justice: 121 stories, carried by 101 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

● Nicaragua warmth about one and a half times usual ● Poland warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Africa warmth about one and a half times usual ● Denmark warmth about one and a half times usual ● Finland warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Delta State Nigeria about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 28 stories ● Wiwili Nicaragua about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 49 stories ● Burutu Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Licking County US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 60 stories ● New Hampshire US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence33% 15,018 stories · much more than usual (usually 22%) Rights & justice24% 10,946 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Health17% 7,934 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 5,565 stories · much less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,289 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,549 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 884 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 765 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 killed20,396 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people injured9,006 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting arrests7,197 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Saudi Arabia Stories reporting people affected4,876 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced779 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting abductions633 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees512 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Palestine and Australia Stories reporting evacuations226 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Malaysia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than usual
● Feara little less 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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