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What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
46,193 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 violence in Minsk, protests in Khartoum (Sudan) and rights and justice in Ndong. Sudan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostBelarus 62 in 100 of its 184 stories, usually 11
RegionCentral Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Belarus

115 of its 184 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Minsk accounted for 113 of Belarus' 115 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

136 of its 170 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 41 of Khartoum's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Disasters & accidents

Netherlands

168 of its 474 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (48 stories). Storms were named in 66 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with snowstorms and avalanche.

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

Gambia

98 of its 188 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Banjul accounted for 91 of the Gambia's 98 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. 82 of Banjul's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

200 of its 243 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Mogadishu accounted for 131 of Somalia's 200 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Brazil

309 of its 698 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (270 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Kazakhstan

62 of its 170 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

829 of its 1,637 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jerusalem accounted for 597 of Israel's 829 stories about harm, carried by 233 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (373 stories).

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Displacement

South Sudan

110 of its 128 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (74 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Zimbabwe (95 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in North Korea (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Malawi (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in Panama (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (53 of its stories, about 4 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 19 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 46,193 stories about harm among 212,939 counted on 19 Jan.

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Belarus' news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 11%. of the day's 212,939 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. Zimbabwe's news mentioned helicopter crash more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. On 19 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 →

Equatorial Guinea91 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice South Sudan86 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 72 · mostly displacement Somalia82 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan80 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice Syria72 in 100 of its 648 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US999 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2580 Jerusalem Israel200 stories about protests or strikes, of its 597 Santiago Chile165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 222 Moscow Russia160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 453 Paris France104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 269

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 lessSpain: 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 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 lessPoland: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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: 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 readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readPalestine: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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 lessGhana: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualYemen: warmth about its own usualVietnam: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPeru: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCôte d’Ivoire: warmth about its own usualBrunei: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPubnico, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 26 outletsDoha, Qatar -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 17 outletsMaiduguri, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsMinsk, Belarus -- conflict & violence: 113 stories, carried by 123 outletsNangarhar, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsAmman, Jordan -- conflict & violence: 34 stories, carried by 31 outletsVendin-le-Vieil, France -- conflict & violence: 42 stories, carried by 43 outletsPyongyang, North Korea -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 31 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

● Peru warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belarus warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual ● Qatar warmth about one and a half times usual ● Philippines warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Pubnico Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 18 stories ● Doha Qatar about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Maiduguri Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Minsk Belarus about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 113 stories ● Nangarhar Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 15,413 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Health20% 8,920 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 7,678 stories · much less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence16% 7,175 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,862 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,388 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,223 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 708 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 killed13,324 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,567 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,838 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,600 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees753 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions518 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced472 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations274 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill86 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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as 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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