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35,471 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 violence in Mandalay, refugees in Denmark and people displaced in Beirut. Myanmar's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPanama 47 in 100 of its 58 stories, usually 11
RegionOceania 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Myanmar

110 of its 143 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Mandalay accounted for 62 of Myanmar's 110 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Mandalay stories →
Health

Denmark

118 of its 255 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Lebanon

76 of its 152 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Beirut accounted for 67 of Lebanon's 76 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories).

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Austria

140 of its 380 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Vienna accounted for 128 of Austria's 140 stories about harm, carried by 254 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories).

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

Uganda

136 of its 257 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

523 of its 764 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Kabul accounted for 356 of Afghanistan's 523 stories about harm, carried by 398 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Latvia

26 of its 98 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Heatwave was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Greece

169 of its 463 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 99 of Athens' 119 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Jordan

52 of its 191 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Honduras

110 of its 220 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 42 of Tegucigalpa's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Cuba (38 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (258 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in Latvia (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Somalia (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Poland (14 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 22 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 35,471 stories about harm among 178,567 counted on 22 Dec.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 178,567 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 22 December 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar77 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea74 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 46 · mostly displacement Yemen74 in 100 of its 146 stories · usually 75 · mostly health Syria71 in 100 of its 481 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 764 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel432 stories about protests or strikes, of its 944 Washington US257 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1596 Beijing China132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 214 Arrowhead Mountain US114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Athens Greece99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 119

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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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 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 lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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 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 lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: 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 lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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 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 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 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR 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 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: 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 lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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 lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMauritius: warmth about its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHonduras: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEl Salvador: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBosnia: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualDakar, Senegal -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 21 outletsDinka, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 26 outletsChongqing, China -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 14 outletsGulf of Mexico, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 15 outletsDetroit River, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsSochi, Russia -- rights & justice: 64 stories, carried by 57 outletsIslamabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 218 stories, carried by 118 outletsMinnesota, US -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 18 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

● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual ● Pakistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Argentina warmth about one and a half times usual ● Honduras warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Dakar Senegal about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Dinka South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Chongqing China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Gulf of Mexico US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Detroit River Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 9,579 stories · about as usual Health22% 7,557 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence18% 6,392 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents18% 6,149 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,810 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,231 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,186 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 825 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 killed10,526 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,295 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,571 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees955 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting evacuations366 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Austria Stories reporting abductions316 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced283 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting people falling ill103 at about twice 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 →

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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