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43,659 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 day's news pointed at protests in Tunis (Tunisia), illness in Havana and the avalanche in Switzerland. South Sudan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCuba 66 in 100 of its 450 stories, usually 22
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 43
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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Protests & strikes

Tunisia

210 of its 273 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tunis accounted for 193 of Tunisia's 210 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. 189 of Tunis' 193 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (162 stories). Plague was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Health

Cuba

299 of its 450 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Havana accounted for 290 of Cuba's 299 stories about harm, carried by 314 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Disasters & accidents

Switzerland

483 of its 911 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (152 stories). Avalanche was named in 229 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with snowstorms. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Switzerland over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

53 of its 62 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Juba accounted for 44 of South Sudan's 53 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Sudan

85 of its 154 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 42 of Darfur's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Madagascar

106 of its 132 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Lithuania

45 of its 147 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 4%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Romania

153 of its 320 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (145 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

El Salvador

488 of its 703 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Wildfires were named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought and plague. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Italy

297 of its 1,181 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (173 stories). Drownings were named in 32 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Algeria (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Congo (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Papua New Guinea (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Fiji (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); diphtheria in Yemen (23 of its stories, about three times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 43,659 stories about harm among 209,825 counted on 9 Jan.

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Switzerland's news mentioned the avalanche more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 209,825 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. For the second day running, the news turned to Tunisia. Tunisia stood out: 77% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 44%. On 9 January 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan85 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Madagascar80 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents Tunisia77 in 100 of its 273 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen72 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Syria71 in 100 of its 856 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US624 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1709 Tehran Iran586 stories about protests or strikes, of its 672 Jerusalem Israel285 stories about protests or strikes, of its 660 Hollywood US220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 716 Tunis Tunisia189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: 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 readCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 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: 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 lessGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: 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: 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: 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 lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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 readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: 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 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 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: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualOmoku, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 25 outletsState of Florida, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsPiedmont, US -- health: 99 stories, carried by 10 outletsNadda, India -- health: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsNiger Delta, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsMonash, Australia -- health: 21 stories, carried by 20 outletsVienna, Austria -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsAberdare, UK -- health: 27 stories, carried by 65 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

● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Omoku Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 32 stories ● State of Florida US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Piedmont US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 99 stories ● Nadda India about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Niger Delta Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 13,064 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents22% 9,521 stories · about as usual Health21% 8,840 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence14% 6,211 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,036 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,329 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,063 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 794 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 killed12,342 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,233 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,375 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,460 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and South Africa Stories reporting evacuations674 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced557 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees551 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting abductions375 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill69 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba

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.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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