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What the world's news said happened to people.
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44,639 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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People displaced in Croatia, a disaster in Bali and protests in Caracas (Venezuela) drew the news. Croatia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Gabon →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCroatia 69 in 100 of its 1,020 stories, usually 21
RegionSoutheast Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Croatia

702 of its 1,020 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Poisoning was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Croatia over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

1,158 of its 1,529 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Bali accounted for 762 of Indonesia's 1,158 stories about harm, carried by 602 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (533 stories). Cyclone was named in 81 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Bali stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

256 of its 427 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 62 of Caracas' 103 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (180 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Greece

239 of its 568 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 96 of Athens' 146 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Denmark

112 of its 272 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

195 of its 256 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Sudan

88 of its 123 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Cameroon

47 of its 80 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

167 of its 339 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Beirut accounted for 139 of Lebanon's 167 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (123 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hiv in Iran (187 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Côte d’Ivoire (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Vietnam (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Japan (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Spain (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 44,639 stories about harm among 231,699 counted on 29 Nov.

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Croatia's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. of the day's 231,699 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Iran's news mentioned HIV more than ten times as often as usual. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Gabon. A year earlier, on 29 November 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia77 in 100 of its 239 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan76 in 100 of its 256 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia76 in 100 of its 1,529 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan72 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Syria71 in 100 of its 699 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US550 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2076 Detroit US237 stories about protests or strikes, of its 332 Beijing China119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 310 Athens Greece96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146 Greenville US91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 180

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: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: 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 lessParaguay: 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: 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: 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 lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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 lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: 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 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 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 lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: 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 lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 readArgentina: 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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 readCayman Islands: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNaypyitaw, Myanmar -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 23 outletsNew Mexico, US -- food & livelihood: 30 stories, carried by 37 outletsTahlequah, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsKidal, Mali -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsIsmailia, Egypt -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsJhansi, India -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 23 outletsAmman, Jordan -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 25 stories, carried by 17 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

● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Japan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Naypyitaw Myanmar about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 24 stories ● New Mexico US about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 30 stories ● Tahlequah US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Kidal Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Ismailia Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 14,249 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence20% 8,809 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Health20% 8,586 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 6,321 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,243 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,486 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,028 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 971 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 killed12,844 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,341 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,445 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,349 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting refugees695 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Lebanon and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced626 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Saudi Arabia and the US Stories reporting abductions550 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations466 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Indonesia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill164 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Gabon

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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