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36,993 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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Protests in Jerusalem (Israel), violence in Brussels and the hurricane in Spain drew the news. Spain's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRomania 48 in 100 of its 266 stories, usually 13
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
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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Protests & strikes

Israel

1,268 of its 2,763 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,141 of Israel's 1,268 stories about harm, carried by 432 outlets. 764 of Jerusalem's 1,141 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Cholera was named in 51 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Conflict & violence

Belgium

251 of its 530 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Brussels accounted for 244 of Belgium's 251 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories → Brussels stories →
Rights & justice

Spain

331 of its 1,065 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (92 stories). Hurricane was named in 78 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche, heavy rain and landslides. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Spain over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

Jakarta accounted for 359 of Indonesia's 477 stories about harm, carried by 273 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (89 stories). Tsunami was named in 283 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hiv. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Honduras

85 of its 118 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 73 of Honduras' 85 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. 72 of Tegucigalpa's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Libya

104 of its 129 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. 17 of Tripoli's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Drownings were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Niger

25 of its 30 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. 8 of Niamey's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (12 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Romania

129 of its 266 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (119 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Netherlands

344 of its 814 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Senegal

40 of its 92 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 31 of Dakar's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Sierra Leone (31 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Thailand (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Germany (62 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Libya (17 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 36,993 stories about harm among 195,538 counted on 15 Dec.

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In Indonesia's news, mentions of the tsunami ran more than ten times their usual. On 15 December 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today. Israel's news was 46% about people being harmed, against a usual 34%. of the day's 195,538 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya81 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Somalia80 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen78 in 100 of its 169 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador76 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice South Sudan74 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel764 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1141 Charlottesville US413 stories about protests or strikes, of its 435 Washington US381 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1934 Gaza Palestine121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 132 Jakarta Indonesia95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 359

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: 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 readCayman 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 readTunisia: 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 lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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 readSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: too little coverage to readSomalia: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readPoland: 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 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: too little coverage to readWestern 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 lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral 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: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: 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: 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNiger: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAustria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBermuda: warmth about its own usualSan Marino: warmth about its own usualDinka, South Sudan -- disasters & accidents: 28 stories, carried by 34 outletsKhorasan, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsBali, Indonesia -- shelter & services: 20 stories, carried by 12 outletsBudapest, Hungary -- rights & justice: 68 stories, carried by 72 outletsVienna, Austria -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 20 outletsNebraska, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 40 stories, carried by 40 outletsSouth Dakota, US -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 21 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

● Austria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Hungary warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Albania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Dinka South Sudan about 4 times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 28 stories ● Khorasan Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Bali Indonesia about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 20 stories ● Budapest Hungary about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 68 stories ● Vienna Austria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 30 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 11,473 stories · about as usual Health20% 7,303 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 6,455 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents16% 5,782 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,151 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,273 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,134 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 794 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 killed10,261 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,222 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,462 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees763 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions385 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations367 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced348 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and South Sudan Stories reporting people falling ill43 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Canada and the US

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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