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32,287 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 protests in Mogadishu (Somalia), people displaced in Lorengau and violence in Srebrenica. Bosnia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Papua New Guinea and Australia →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEcuador 71 in 100 of its 113 stories, usually 17
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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 →
Protests & strikes

Somalia

Mogadishu accounted for 88 of Somalia's 104 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. 66 of Mogadishu's 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories). Hunger was named in 60 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.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

200 of its 224 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 82%. Srebrenica accounted for 158 of Bosnia's 200 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Srebrenica stories →
Health

Liberia

96 of its 165 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (80 stories). Outbreaks were named in 81 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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

Angola

100 of its 194 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Cabinda accounted for 94 of Angola's 100 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. 93 of Cabinda's 94 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

164 of its 262 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Bogota accounted for 125 of Colombia's 164 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Food & livelihood

South Korea

322 of its 881 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Hepatitis was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

478 of its 1,534 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (372 stories). Plane crash was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Thailand

146 of its 436 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Power cuts were named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

United Arab Emirates

69 of its 476 stories (14%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Thailand (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in North Korea (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Italy (16 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); hepatitis in South Korea (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Malaysia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 32,287 stories about harm among 159,578 counted on 23 Nov.

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Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Papua New Guinea and Australia. of the day's 159,578 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Liberia's news mentioned outbreaks about 5 times as often as usual. On 23 November 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia89 in 100 of its 224 stories · usually 82 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea76 in 100 of its 438 stories · usually 60 · mostly displacement Sudan73 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq72 in 100 of its 407 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar72 in 100 of its 171 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Harare Zimbabwe285 stories about protests or strikes, of its 647 Washington US258 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1112 Lorengau Papua New Guinea106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 298 Cabinda Angola93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 94 Mogadishu Somalia66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: too little coverage to readYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 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 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 readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: 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 lessPortugal: 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: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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 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: 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 lessIreland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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 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 lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: 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 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 lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: 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 readAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualUS: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualMadagascar: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGeorgia: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBosnia: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNevada, US -- conflict & violence: 34 stories, carried by 73 outletsNew Haven, US -- shelter & services: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 125 stories, carried by 124 outletsTbilisi, Georgia -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 15 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 21 outletsKhan Sheikhoun, Syria -- conflict & violence: 36 stories, carried by 38 outletsJamestown, Australia -- shelter & services: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 31 stories, carried by 24 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

● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iran warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Angola warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Nevada US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 34 stories ● New Haven US about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 10 stories ● Bogota Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 125 stories ● Tbilisi Georgia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Sunshine Coast Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 9,171 stories · about as usual Health18% 5,556 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence17% 5,495 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents16% 5,191 stories · about as usual Shelter & services6% 1,979 stories · more than usual (usually 4%) Displacement5% 1,559 stories · more than usual (usually 2%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,437 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 1,293 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 killed8,671 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected5,918 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Argentina Stories reporting arrests3,455 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured2,290 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees1,371 at about twice the usual rate · most about Papua New Guinea and Australia Stories reporting people displaced456 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions275 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting evacuations213 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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
● 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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