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23,447 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 Tehran (Iran), violence in Cairo and people injured in Kenya drew the news. Kenya's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Afghanistan →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKenya 66 in 100 of its 564 stories, usually 26
RegionCentral Asia 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Iran

1,707 of its 2,295 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 1,178 of Iran's 1,707 stories about harm, carried by 1,111 outlets. 1,152 of Tehran's 1,178 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (988 stories). Flu was named in 340 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with bird flu. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

276 of its 453 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Cairo accounted for 248 of Egypt's 276 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Kenya

373 of its 564 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (119 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Syria

256 of its 308 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Ghouta accounted for 142 of Syria's 256 stories about harm, carried by 282 outlets. 93 of Ghouta's 142 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (112 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

147 of its 256 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Athens accounted for 134 of Greece's 147 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Earthquake was named in 101 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

215 of its 338 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (144 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Equatorial Guinea

18 of its 18 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 12 of Malabo's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

53 of its 87 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Drought was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sierra Leone

25 of its 34 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Heavy rain was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Greece (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Costa Rica (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Zambia (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Venezuela (24 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in Sierra Leone (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 23,447 stories about harm among 88,444 counted on 31 Dec.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 88,444 stories, above the usual 21. Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Greece's news. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Afghanistan. the news turned to Iran for the second day running. This week the news turned most often to Peru, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo92 in 100 of its 238 stories · usually 75 · mostly rights & justice Yemen87 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 76 · mostly rights & justice Syria83 in 100 of its 308 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine79 in 100 of its 702 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Mali77 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran1152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1178 Washington US217 stories about protests or strikes, of its 597 Mashhad Iran204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207 Ramallah Palestine164 stories about protests or strikes, of its 338 Jerusalem Israel144 stories about protests or strikes, of its 249

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: too little coverage to readUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 readLebanon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 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 lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: 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): 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: too little coverage to readEast 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUK: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualDover, UK -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 106 outletsMississippi, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsNiagara Falls, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 17 outletsNiagara Falls, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsIjara, Kenya -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsDavao, Philippines -- disasters & accidents: 17 stories, carried by 10 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 17 stories, carried by 18 outletsLondon, UK -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 15 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

● Iran warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Dover UK about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Mississippi US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Niagara Falls Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Niagara Falls US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Ijara Kenya about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 6,018 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence23% 5,210 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents22% 5,044 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Health14% 3,202 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,717 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,012 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 485 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 449 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 killed9,778 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting people injured3,559 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting arrests3,520 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting people affected2,252 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations326 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees273 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Germany and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced240 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions219 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about half the usual rate · most about India 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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.