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22,559 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 the earthquake in Poland, protests in Idlib (Syria) and violence in Casamance. Syria's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSenegal 78 in 100 of its 176 stories, usually 27
RegionEast Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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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Shelter & services

Poland

73 of its 128 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Warsaw accounted for 63 of Poland's 73 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (42 stories). Earthquake was named in 59 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Warsaw stories →
Protests & strikes

Syria

556 of its 628 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Idlib accounted for 296 of Syria's 556 stories about harm, carried by 306 outlets. 202 of Idlib's 296 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (178 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Idlib stories →
Conflict & violence

Senegal

137 of its 176 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Casamance accounted for 133 of Senegal's 137 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Casamance stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

135 of its 153 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Tripoli accounted for 89 of Libya's 135 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (103 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Saudi Arabia

324 of its 540 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Riyadh accounted for 243 of Saudi Arabia's 324 stories about harm, carried by 222 outlets. 175 of Riyadh's 243 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

100 of its 122 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (90 stories). Landslides were named in 67 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.

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Conflict & violence

Sweden

320 of its 598 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Stockholm accounted for 299 of Sweden's 320 stories about harm, carried by 396 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (186 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

China

798 of its 1,886 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (628 stories). Oil spill was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Kuwait

59 of its 115 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Peru

78 of its 124 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 34 of Lima's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry 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: hunger in Cambodia (57 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Papua New Guinea (67 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Tunisia (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (115 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); house fires in Russia (18 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 7 Jan. 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 22,559 stories about harm among 92,947 counted on 7 Jan.

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Poland's news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. In Cambodia's news, mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 92,947 stories, above the usual 23. A year earlier, on 7 January 2017, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria89 in 100 of its 628 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Libya88 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Papua New Guinea82 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Senegal78 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar73 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US330 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1149 Hollywood US295 stories about protests or strikes, of its 557 Tehran Iran230 stories about protests or strikes, of its 329 Idlib Syria202 stories about protests or strikes, of its 296 Riyadh Saudi Arabia175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: 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 lessTonga: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: 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: 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 lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: 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 readKazakhstan: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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 lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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: too little coverage to readFrench 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: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: too little coverage to readHong 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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 lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: too little coverage to readWestern 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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: 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 readTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualJacksonville, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsLeicestershire, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 77 outletsAnderamboukane, Mali -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsMontana, US -- disasters & accidents: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsBasij, Iran -- rights & justice: 67 stories, carried by 51 outletsMashhad, Iran -- rights & justice: 69 stories, carried by 73 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- shelter & services: 63 stories, carried by 68 outletsSaint Petersburg, Russia -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 14 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

● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual ● Poland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Peru warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Jacksonville US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Leicestershire UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Anderamboukane Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Montana US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 17 stories ● Basij Iran about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 67 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents26% 5,873 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Rights & justice25% 5,487 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 4,032 stories · about as usual Health17% 3,841 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,091 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 779 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 668 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 398 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 killed7,139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,573 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about China and the US Stories reporting arrests2,720 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,915 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees512 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and the US Stories reporting people displaced412 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Iraq Stories reporting evacuations373 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Papua New Guinea and the US Stories reporting abductions258 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little less than 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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