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43,624 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 a disaster in Baumgarten An Der March, protests in Reykjavik (Iceland) and violence in Skopje. Libya's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAustria 73 in 100 of its 624 stories, usually 14
RegionCentral Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Austria

456 of its 624 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Baumgarten An Der March accounted for 373 of Austria's 456 stories about harm, carried by 494 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (433 stories). Plane crash was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with gas explosion.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Baumgarten An Der March stories →
Protests & strikes

Iceland

166 of its 222 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reykjavik accounted for 146 of Iceland's 166 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. 130 of Reykjavik's 146 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iceland over 30 days → its stories → Reykjavik stories →
Conflict & violence

North Macedonia

103 of its 138 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Skopje accounted for 97 of North Macedonia's 103 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (101 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories → Skopje stories →
Rights & justice

Libya

279 of its 380 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (84 stories). Drownings were named in 103 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Bahamas

125 of its 198 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (112 stories). Hurricane was named in 111 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

1,549 of its 3,026 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,221 of Israel's 1,549 stories about harm, carried by 486 outlets. 614 of Jerusalem's 1,221 stories were about protests or strikes. Typhoon was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

507 of its 783 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (114 stories). Diphtheria was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hepatitis, whooping cough and polio. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

105 of its 168 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

North Korea

339 of its 737 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (50 stories). Natural hazards were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Health

Zambia

52 of its 113 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Cholera was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Bahamas (111 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); storms in France (185 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Croatia (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Zambia (21 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); malaria in São Tomé (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 43,624 stories about harm among 207,666 counted on 12 Dec.

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In Austria, 73% of the news was about people being harmed, where 14% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 207,666 stories, as usual. Mentions of the hurricane ran about 9 times their usual in the Bahamas' news. A year earlier, on 12 December 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia86 in 100 of its 291 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Iceland75 in 100 of its 222 stories · usually 24 · mostly rights & justice North Macedonia75 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Libya73 in 100 of its 380 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Austria73 in 100 of its 624 stories · usually 14 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel614 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1221 Washington US207 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1799 Paris France188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 423 Springfield US184 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267 Tulkarm Palestine149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 334

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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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: 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 lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: 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: 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 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: 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 lessSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: too little coverage to readPapua 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: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 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 lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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 lessIndia: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCape 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 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: too little coverage to readBosnia 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 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 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 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): 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: 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: 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahamas: warmth about twice its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualLubbock, US -- health: 26 stories, carried by 26 outletsRakhine State, Myanmar -- displacement: 17 stories, carried by 14 outlets-Longview, US -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsDar es Salaam, Tanzania -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 29 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- conflict & violence: 50 stories, carried by 47 outletsKogi, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 13 outletsSaskatchewan, Canada -- health: 21 stories, carried by 38 outletsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 43 stories, carried by 31 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

● Bahamas warmth about twice usual ● Puerto Rico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tanzania warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Lubbock US about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 26 stories ● Rakhine State Myanmar about three times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 17 stories ● -Longview US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Dar es Salaam Tanzania about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 31 stories ● Brussels Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 50 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 11,886 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 9,569 stories · about as usual Health19% 8,213 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 7,509 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,124 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,337 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,235 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 killed13,095 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,004 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,683 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,354 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees730 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations719 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting abductions490 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced454 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill56 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 about as 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.