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35,325 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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People displaced in Ghouta, protests in Luhansk (Ukraine) and a disaster in Tehran drew the news. Iran's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPeru 63 in 100 of its 266 stories, usually 26
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Syria

751 of its 902 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Ghouta accounted for 417 of Syria's 751 stories about harm, carried by 324 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (361 stories). Cholera was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Ghouta stories →
Protests & strikes

Ukraine

342 of its 534 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 63 of Luhansk's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Outbreaks were named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Luhansk stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iran

233 of its 449 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tehran accounted for 184 of Iran's 233 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

146 of its 178 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Yangon accounted for 117 of Myanmar's 146 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. 61 of Yangon's 117 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (114 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Morocco

53 of its 158 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 46 of Jerada's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (47 stories). Flooding was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Iceland

90 of its 133 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Eldhraun accounted for 72 of Iceland's 90 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Russia

1,054 of its 2,839 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (621 stories). Train derailment was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cholera.

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Protests & strikes

Tunisia

76 of its 120 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tunis accounted for 61 of Tunisia's 76 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 38 of Tunis' 61 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Rights & justice

Vietnam

224 of its 542 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Morocco (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (157 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Indonesia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Ireland (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in UK (115 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 35,325 stories about harm among 153,692 counted on 27 Dec.

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In Morocco's news, mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 153,692 stories, above the usual 21. Syria's news was 83% about people being harmed, against a usual 66%. On 27 December 2016, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia84 in 100 of its 287 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Syria83 in 100 of its 902 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar82 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Cameroon80 in 100 of its 211 stories · usually 42 · mostly rights & justice South Sudan76 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel312 stories about protests or strikes, of its 832 Washington US257 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1173 Ghouta Syria137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 417 Beijing China98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 208 Virginia US94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125

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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readUnited 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: 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 lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: 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 lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: 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: 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 lessSaudi 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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 lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: 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 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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 readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: too little coverage to readBurundi: 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 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: 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: 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 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 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 lessAlbania: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualSunshine Coast, Australia -- health: 16 stories, carried by 24 outletsManama, Bahrain -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 10 outletsPiedmont, US -- health: 77 stories, carried by 10 outletsMissouri, US -- shelter & services: 64 stories, carried by 75 outletsTaipei, Taiwan -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 14 outletsSuva, Fiji -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsKampala, Uganda -- conflict & violence: 67 stories, carried by 61 outletsRishton, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 12 stories, carried by 145 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Sunshine Coast Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Manama Bahrain about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 23 stories ● Piedmont US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 77 stories ● Missouri US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 64 stories ● Taipei Taiwan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 8,790 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents23% 8,101 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Health18% 6,118 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 5,942 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,731 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services4% 1,223 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,165 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 599 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 killed11,230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,999 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,200 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,209 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations683 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting refugees590 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions336 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced325 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill59 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 harsher 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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