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41,749 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 drownings in Greece, rights and justice in Harare and violence in Sanaa. Greece's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and India →
Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostGreece 62 in 100 of its 1,045 stories, usually 25
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

645 of its 1,045 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Athens accounted for 540 of Greece's 645 stories about harm, carried by 344 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (248 stories). Drownings were named in 141 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with heavy rain, tsunami and power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

1,303 of its 3,544 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Harare accounted for 888 of Zimbabwe's 1,303 stories about harm, carried by 593 outlets. House fires were named in 29 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.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories → Harare stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 82 of Yemen's 179 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Diphtheria was named in 51 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Finland

70 of its 211 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Finland over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Iran

331 of its 565 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Extreme cold was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Displacement

Palestine

390 of its 812 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (123 stories). Train derailment was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with road crashes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh accounted for 463 of Saudi Arabia's 559 stories about harm, carried by 358 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (86 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 242 of Afghanistan's 353 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

100 of Ghouta's 170 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (95 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Latvia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Tanzania (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Indonesia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Russia (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Iran (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 41,749 stories about harm among 217,261 counted on 16 Nov.

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People falling ill were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and India. It was the second day running that the news turned to Greece. In Greece, 62% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 217,261 stories, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen81 in 100 of its 222 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar72 in 100 of its 141 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Syria66 in 100 of its 651 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea63 in 100 of its 263 stories · usually 58 · mostly displacement Afghanistan62 in 100 of its 569 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US430 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1792 Philadelphia US112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 247 Ghouta Syria100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Harare Zimbabwe87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 888 Missouri US86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 122

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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 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: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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: too little coverage to readIran: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 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 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 readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: 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 lessAfghanistan: 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): 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: 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about one and a half times its own usualVietnam: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGuyana: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAdampur, India -- displacement: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsBalaka, Central African Republic -- displacement: 21 stories, carried by 20 outletsWest Virginia, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 23 stories, carried by 25 outletsHelsinki, Finland -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 55 stories, carried by 55 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 35 stories, carried by 29 outletsTuba City, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBuhari, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsMillom, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 19 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

● Finland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Argentina warmth about one and a half times usual ● Papua New Guinea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● North Macedonia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cameroon warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Adampur India about three times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 15 stories ● Balaka Central African Republic about three times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 21 stories ● West Virginia US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 23 stories ● Helsinki Finland about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 55 stories ● Darfur Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 35 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 13,116 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Health23% 9,265 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence16% 6,714 stories · much less than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents14% 5,608 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,287 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,890 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,093 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,087 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 killed12,244 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected5,501 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,392 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,469 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting refugees644 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Palestine and Bangladesh Stories reporting people displaced396 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions379 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill319 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations282 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 much softer than 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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