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46,153 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 Santiago (Chile), bridge collapse in Colombia and gas explosion in Belgium drew the news. Colombia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostQatar 57 in 100 of its 531 stories, usually 17
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Chile

753 of its 1,362 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Santiago accounted for 712 of Chile's 753 stories about harm, carried by 621 outlets. 621 of Santiago's 712 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (189 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Chile over 30 days → its stories → Santiago stories →
Disasters & accidents

Colombia

257 of its 365 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Bogota accounted for 168 of Colombia's 257 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (233 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with helicopter crash. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Conflict & violence

Belgium

277 of its 497 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (228 stories). Gas explosion was named in 84 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Indonesia

373 of its 601 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (190 stories). Hunger was named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Venezuela

274 of its 427 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Caracas accounted for 223 of Venezuela's 274 stories about harm, carried by 203 outlets. 134 of Caracas' 223 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (156 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

125 of its 162 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tripoli accounted for 105 of Libya's 125 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

99 of its 166 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kadovar Island accounted for 74 of Papua New Guinea's 99 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Tsunami was named in 63 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with earthquake. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ukraine

68 of Kiev's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). HIV was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Qatar

304 of its 531 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Doha accounted for 215 of Qatar's 304 stories about harm, carried by 287 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Mauritius

26 of its 38 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Cyclone was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with storm surge.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Papua New Guinea (63 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in Mauritius (25 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); extreme cold in Russia (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (201 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Puerto Rico (14 of its stories, more than ten 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 16 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 46,153 stories about harm among 199,914 counted on 16 Jan.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Chile. of the day's 199,914 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Chile stood out: 55% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 26%. Mentions of the tsunami ran about 4 times their usual in Papua New Guinea's news. A year earlier, on 16 January 2017, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan78 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Libya77 in 100 of its 162 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen74 in 100 of its 284 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia70 in 100 of its 365 stories · usually 40 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia69 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Santiago Chile621 stories about protests or strikes, of its 712 Washington US544 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2200 Mitrovica 247 stories about protests or strikes, of its 264 Jerusalem Israel210 stories about protests or strikes, of its 496 Trump Tower US186 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340

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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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 lessSwitzerland: 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readPapua 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: 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 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 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 lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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 readFiji: 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 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 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 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: 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 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: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualLuxembourg: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualAlabama, US -- rights & justice: 273 stories, carried by 292 outletsJeffersonville, US -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 22 outletsNorthumbria, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsLlanwrst, UK -- disasters & accidents: 32 stories, carried by 37 outletsSokoto, Nigeria -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsIllawarra, Australia -- health: 14 stories, carried by 16 outletsLe Touquet, France -- displacement: 21 stories, carried by 17 outletsAccra, Ghana -- conflict & violence: 117 stories, carried by 76 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

● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Alabama US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 273 stories ● Jeffersonville US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 24 stories ● Northumbria UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Llanwrst UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 32 stories ● Sokoto Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 15,362 stories · much more than usual (usually 27%) Health19% 8,661 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 8,659 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence16% 7,171 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,342 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,462 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,144 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 695 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 killed12,000 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,397 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,340 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,761 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,162 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and Bangladesh Stories reporting people displaced629 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations356 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting abductions352 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill45 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Italy

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 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.