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48,685 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 news turned to violence in Riyadh, arrests in Libya and protests in Madrid (Spain). Libya's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCroatia 52 in 100 of its 239 stories, usually 13
RegionNorth America 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

Saudi Arabia

1,770 of its 2,825 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Riyadh accounted for 1,265 of Saudi Arabia's 1,770 stories about harm, carried by 693 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (123 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Riyadh stories →
Rights & justice

Libya

117 of its 151 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories). HIV was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

324 of its 745 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Cyclone was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Armenia

79 of its 216 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 22 of Yerevan's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

745 of its 1,000 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Kabul accounted for 565 of Afghanistan's 745 stories about harm, carried by 564 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Iran

278 of its 764 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

148 of its 303 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 226 of Yemen's 283 stories about harm, carried by 276 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (138 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Japan

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Poisoning was named in 74 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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Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Bermuda (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Morocco (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Germany (63 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Japan (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Portugal (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 48,685 stories about harm among 220,206 counted on 7 Nov.

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The news turned to Saudi Arabia for the third day running. 22 in every 100 of the day's 220,206 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 7 November 2016, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Saudi Arabia stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 37%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen79 in 100 of its 358 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Libya77 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan74 in 100 of its 1,000 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia68 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 86 · mostly conflict & violence Honduras67 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 39 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Sutherland Springs US376 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3519 Washington US267 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1434 Madrid Spain263 stories about protests or strikes, of its 338 Los Angeles US197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 546 Pyongyang North Korea176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 306

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 lessZambia: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: 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: 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: 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 readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra 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 lessRomania: too little coverage to readPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: 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: 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 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 lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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 readGuatemala: 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 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 readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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 lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCosta 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: 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 readTogo: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMadagascar: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualCôte d’Ivoire: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualUtah, US -- health: 28 stories, carried by 51 outletsRakhine State, Myanmar -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 17 outletsAbilene, US -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsAmman, Jordan -- health: 17 stories, carried by 13 outletsYali, Nicaragua -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 22 stories, carried by 20 outletsDoha, Qatar -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 14 outletsChongqing, China -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsHimachal Pradesh, India -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 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

● North Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Thailand warmth about one and a half times usual ● Argentina warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Utah US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories ● Rakhine State Myanmar about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Abilene US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Amman Jordan about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Yali Nicaragua about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 22 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 14,300 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence26% 12,317 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Health19% 9,280 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 5,547 stories · much less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,749 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,770 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,070 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 877 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 killed17,750 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,638 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,317 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,199 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees732 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced486 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions414 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations201 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill71 at about the usual rate

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
● Griefabout as 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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