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20,368 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 protests in Awamiya (Saudi Arabia), rights and justice in Alberto Fujimori and the typhoon in the Philippines. Afghanistan's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the Philippines and Iraq →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPeru 79 in 100 of its 517 stories, usually 18
RegionSoutheast Asia 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

121 of its 269 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 26 of Awamiya's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Flu was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with bird flu. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Awamiya stories →
Rights & justice

Peru

409 of its 517 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Alberto Fujimori accounted for 286 of Peru's 409 stories about harm, carried by 424 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Alberto Fujimori stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

1,203 of its 1,933 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (299 stories). Typhoon was named in 534 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

481 of its 600 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 424 of Afghanistan's 481 stories about harm, carried by 491 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (289 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Türkiye

240 of its 465 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 46 of Istanbul's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Mexico

114 of its 317 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Earthquake was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Bahrain

150 of its 213 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (143 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Ecuador

26 of its 28 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Quito accounted for 26 of Ecuador's 26 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

142 of its 222 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kiev accounted for 95 of Ukraine's 142 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (97 stories).

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Rights & justice

Tunisia

135 of its 278 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tunis accounted for 131 of Tunisia's 135 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Vietnam (41 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in Mexico (41 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drownings in Germany (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Switzerland (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in UK (162 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 20,368 stories about harm among 83,495 counted on 25 Dec.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 5 November 2017. People displaced were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the Philippines and Iraq. of the day's 83,495 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. the Philippines' news mentioned the typhoon about 4 times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo93 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan80 in 100 of its 600 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Peru79 in 100 of its 517 stories · usually 18 · mostly rights & justice Syria75 in 100 of its 380 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan74 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel516 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1027 Washington US201 stories about protests or strikes, of its 640 Alberto Fujimori Peru98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 286 Moscow Russia94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 408 Lima Peru79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 117

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 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: 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 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: 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 lessQatar: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: 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: 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 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 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 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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 readTunisia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuatemala: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBarbados: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJersey: warmth about its own usualKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 17 outletsParis, France -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 26 outletsFlorida, US -- conflict & violence: 74 stories, carried by 100 outletsHigh Desert, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 17 outletsBalkh, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 11 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 84 outletsAligarh, India -- conflict & violence: 54 stories, carried by 91 outletsIsere, France -- displacement: 10 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

● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tunisia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Portugal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Guatemala warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kaduna Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Paris France about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Florida US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 74 stories ● High Desert US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Balkh Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence25% 4,966 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Rights & justice24% 4,873 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents21% 4,121 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Health14% 2,888 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,365 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 859 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 513 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 446 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 killed7,341 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people affected2,674 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,551 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,236 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people displaced468 at about three times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and Iraq Stories reporting evacuations428 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and Syria Stories reporting refugees341 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions211 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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 more 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.