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23,648 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 protests in Ghouta (Syria), people injured in China and violence in Yangon. Syria's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Indonesia and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 89 in 100 of its 940 stories, usually 40
RegionSoutheast Asia 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Syria

457 of its 541 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Ghouta accounted for 356 of Syria's 457 stories about harm, carried by 302 outlets. 184 of Ghouta's 356 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Ghouta stories →
Rights & justice

China

698 of its 1,981 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (579 stories). Gas explosion was named in 64 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

China over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Myanmar

119 of its 150 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Yangon accounted for 101 of Myanmar's 119 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (47 stories). Outbreaks were named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Egypt

1,154 of its 1,333 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 259 of Cairo's 514 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (634 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

1,133 of its 1,624 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Islamabad accounted for 798 of Pakistan's 1,133 stories about harm, carried by 496 outlets. 694 of Islamabad's 798 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (667 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

369 of its 651 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Riyadh accounted for 333 of Saudi Arabia's 369 stories about harm, carried by 252 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (209 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

India

1,334 of its 5,555 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (197 stories). Food poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Norway

86 of its 145 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Yemen

347 of its 380 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Diphtheria was named in 164 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with meningitis, respiratory illness and whooping cough. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: diphtheria in Yemen (164 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); respiratory illness in Poland (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Libya (25 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hepatitis in North Korea (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (27 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 23,648 stories about harm among 101,057 counted on 26 Nov.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Indonesia and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 101,057 stories, above the usual 21. Syria's news was 84% about people being harmed, against a usual 66%. This week the news turned most often to Bosnia, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen91 in 100 of its 380 stories · usually 74 · mostly health Indonesia89 in 100 of its 940 stories · usually 40 · mostly disasters & accidents Egypt87 in 100 of its 1,333 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Syria84 in 100 of its 541 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia83 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Islamabad Pakistan694 stories about protests or strikes, of its 798 Cairo Egypt259 stories about protests or strikes, of its 514 Ghouta Syria184 stories about protests or strikes, of its 356 Washington US90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 728 Jerusalem Israel85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 398

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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 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 lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: too little coverage to readSouth 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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 lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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 readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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 readMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 lessJamaica: 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 lessIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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 lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: too little coverage to readAksai 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: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualCroatia: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualMissouri, US -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 17 outletsBangassou, Central African Republic -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 11 outletsNebraska, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsChibok, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 18 outletsOstrovets, Belarus -- disasters & accidents: 22 stories, carried by 18 outletsNew Romney, UK -- displacement: 15 stories, carried by 63 outletsEnugu, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 15 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Missouri US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Bangassou Central African Republic about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Nebraska US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 12 stories ● Cambridge UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Chibok Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 6,507 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence27% 6,320 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents15% 3,449 stories · about as usual Health14% 3,361 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 1,819 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 768 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 741 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 294 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 killed9,381 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt Stories reporting people injured3,910 at about twice the usual rate · most about Pakistan and Egypt Stories reporting people affected3,086 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,670 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees527 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations319 at about three times the usual rate · most about Indonesia and the US Stories reporting people displaced280 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Somalia and Israel Stories reporting abductions249 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill25 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little more 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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