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42,569 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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Most of the day's attention went to rights and justice in Asuncion, violence in Bucharest and protests in Milan (Italy). Romania's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostParaguay 87 in 100 of its 90 stories, usually 17
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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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Rights & justice

Paraguay

78 of its 90 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Asuncion accounted for 76 of Paraguay's 78 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Paraguay over 30 days → its stories → Asuncion stories →
Conflict & violence

Romania

148 of its 357 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Bucharest accounted for 116 of Romania's 148 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Protests & strikes

Italy

38 of Milan's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (69 stories). Road crashes were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Milan stories →
Disasters & accidents

France

648 of its 2,178 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (338 stories). Train derailment was named in 182 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

France over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Somalia

570 of its 616 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Mogadishu accounted for 538 of Somalia's 570 stories about harm, carried by 418 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (341 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

77 of its 115 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Hunger was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with cholera. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,439 of its 3,562 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,177 of Israel's 1,439 stories about harm, carried by 469 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Myanmar

166 of its 213 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Yangon accounted for 124 of Myanmar's 166 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (107 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Tanzania

97 of its 207 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm 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

Bangladesh

447 of its 705 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (310 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in South Sudan (44 of its stories, about three times its usual); meningitis in Ghana (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in Puerto Rico (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Kashmir (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); ebola in DR Congo (10 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 14 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 42,569 stories about harm among 217,784 counted on 14 Dec.

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Paraguay's news was 87% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. of the day's 217,784 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. South Sudan's news mentioned the hunger about three times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 14 December 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia93 in 100 of its 616 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Paraguay87 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 17 · mostly rights & justice Congo78 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 70 · mostly rights & justice Myanmar78 in 100 of its 213 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Libya74 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US589 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2342 Jerusalem Israel404 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1177 Charlottesville US199 stories about protests or strikes, of its 211 Beijing China136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 314 Manhattan US99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 431

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 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 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 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: 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 lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 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: 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 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: 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: 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 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 lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: 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 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 lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 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 lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: too little coverage to readGaza: 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 readEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEcuador: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCroatia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualJersey: warmth about its own usualDar es Salaam, Tanzania -- conflict & violence: 64 stories, carried by 65 outletsSauk County, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsAyda, Russia -- health: 29 stories, carried by 29 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 24 stories, carried by 20 outletsLittle Rock, US -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 18 outletsKampala, Uganda -- health: 30 stories, carried by 19 outletsWaterloo, Canada -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsLucknow, India -- health: 14 stories, carried by 13 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

● Tanzania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Albania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual ● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ecuador warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Dar es Salaam Tanzania about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 64 stories ● Sauk County US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Ayda Russia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 29 stories ● Sunshine Coast Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 24 stories ● Little Rock US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 12,125 stories · about as usual Health20% 8,371 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 7,678 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 6,705 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,379 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 1,628 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,497 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,475 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 killed12,506 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,255 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,944 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,884 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees913 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations506 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced420 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions406 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill110 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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
● Feara little less 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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