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44,966 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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Flooding in Chile, protests in Tunis (Tunisia) and violence in Nablus drew the news. Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostHaiti 67 in 100 of its 1,454 stories, usually 30
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Chile

228 of its 523 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Santiago accounted for 194 of Chile's 228 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (102 stories). Flooding was named in 93 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with plague. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Chile over 30 days → its stories → Santiago stories →
Protests & strikes

Tunisia

239 of its 296 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tunis accounted for 164 of Tunisia's 239 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. 158 of Tunis' 164 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (221 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

724 of its 1,200 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Nablus accounted for 391 of Palestine's 724 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (274 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Nablus stories →
Food & livelihood

Venezuela

183 of its 282 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Pakistan

810 of its 1,517 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 193 of Kasur's 290 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories). Flooding was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

717 of its 2,105 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (91 stories). Natural hazards were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

238 of its 438 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Cholera was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

567 of its 1,332 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jerusalem accounted for 486 of Israel's 567 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. 293 of Jerusalem's 486 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Rights & justice

Azerbaijan

90 of its 199 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zambia

150 of its 229 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 50 of Lusaka's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Belize (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Honduras (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in Jamaica (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); road crashes in New Zealand (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Bangladesh (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 44,966 stories about harm among 203,809 counted on 12 Jan.

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Chile stood out: 44% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 203,809 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Chile's news, mentions of flooding ran about 6 times their usual. On 12 January 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo82 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia81 in 100 of its 296 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Niger76 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan68 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice Syria67 in 100 of its 359 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US521 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3722 Jerusalem Israel293 stories about protests or strikes, of its 486 Hollywood US222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 617 Kasur Pakistan193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 290 Tunis Tunisia158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164

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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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 lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSão 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: 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: too little coverage to readQatar: 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 lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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 lessGhana: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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: 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: 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 readSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMauritania: warmth about its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualNew Jersey, US -- disasters & accidents: 106 stories, carried by 109 outletsChinguetti, Mauritania -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 26 outletsMontana, US -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 14 outletsRockhampton, Australia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsCopenhagen, Denmark -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 33 outletsQuetta, Pakistan -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 16 outletsBerlin, Germany -- displacement: 153 stories, carried by 124 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

● Philippines warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● New Jersey US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 106 stories ● Chinguetti Mauritania about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Rockhampton Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 15,397 stories · much more than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents19% 8,533 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Health18% 8,126 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 6,377 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,178 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,305 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,271 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,019 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 killed12,198 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,807 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,254 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,864 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees632 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions564 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced489 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations399 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill72 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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