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What the world's news said happened to people.
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42,246 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 power cuts in Albania, violence in Tbilisi and protests in Tegucigalpa (Honduras). Georgia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAlbania 85 in 100 of its 203 stories, usually 39
RegionSouth Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Shelter & services

Albania

173 of its 203 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tirana accounted for 148 of Albania's 173 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (148 stories). Power cuts were named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Conflict & violence

Georgia

104 of its 131 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tbilisi accounted for 104 of Georgia's 104 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Georgia over 30 days → its stories → Tbilisi stories →
Protests & strikes

Honduras

215 of its 398 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 180 of Tegucigalpa's 182 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tegucigalpa stories →
Health

Malaysia

259 of its 709 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Natural hazards were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Burundi

101 of its 114 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Bujumbura accounted for 92 of Burundi's 101 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. 91 of Bujumbura's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Palestine

317 of its 581 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 123 of Ramallah's 141 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

North Macedonia

173 of its 222 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Skopje accounted for 163 of North Macedonia's 173 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (165 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

866 of its 1,451 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (519 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Germany

638 of its 1,992 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (153 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Displacement

Bangladesh

695 of its 1,139 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Dhaka accounted for 627 of Bangladesh's 695 stories about harm, carried by 540 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (60 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Papua New Guinea (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Saudi Arabia (92 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); dengue in Philippines (239 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Armenia (25 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); cholera in Congo (13 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 1 Dec. 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 42,246 stories about harm among 211,381 counted on 1 Dec.

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Papua New Guinea's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 211,381 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Albania stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 39%. A year earlier, on 1 December 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Over November, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 in November 2016.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi89 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Niger86 in 100 of its 156 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Albania85 in 100 of its 203 stories · usually 39 · mostly shelter & services Georgia79 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 29 · mostly conflict & violence North Macedonia78 in 100 of its 222 stories · usually 42 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US332 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1726 San Francisco US330 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1378 Delhi India304 stories about protests or strikes, of its 568 Charlottesville US243 stories about protests or strikes, of its 249 Madrid Spain199 stories about protests or strikes, of its 250

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 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 lessIran: 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 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 lessGhana: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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: too little coverage to readDominican 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: 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 lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSint 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualU.S. Virgin Islands: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCuba: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBurundi: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualSochi, Russia -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 31 outletsNew Jersey, US -- rights & justice: 146 stories, carried by 30 outletsAlbuquerque, US -- shelter & services: 43 stories, carried by 43 outletsHavana, Cuba -- rights & justice: 89 stories, carried by 108 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsAmethi, India -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 28 stories, carried by 16 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 276 stories, carried by 429 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

● Cuba warmth about one and a half times usual ● Burundi warmth about one and a half times usual ● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Sochi Russia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories ● New Jersey US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 146 stories ● Albuquerque US about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 43 stories ● Havana Cuba about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 89 stories ● Brussels Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 12,050 stories · about as usual Health24% 9,707 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents16% 6,591 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 6,583 stories · much less than usual (usually 23%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,187 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 2,041 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,332 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 815 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 killed12,420 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,723 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,579 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,348 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees895 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations533 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Albania and Norway Stories reporting people displaced497 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions427 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill34 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico

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 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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