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30,549 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 Tegucigalpa (Honduras), deaths in Prague and violence in Jerusalem drew the news. Honduras' coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Nigeria →
Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostCroatia 70 in 100 of its 106 stories, usually 11
RegionSouth Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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 →
Protests & strikes

Honduras

113 of its 144 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 98 of Honduras' 113 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. 98 of Tegucigalpa's 98 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tegucigalpa stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Czechia

105 of its 168 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Prague accounted for 103 of the Czechia's 105 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories → Prague stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

653 of its 1,333 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jerusalem accounted for 540 of Israel's 653 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (298 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Peru

402 of its 648 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 95 of Alberto Fujimori's 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (288 stories). Landslides were named in 129 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Gambia

40 of its 50 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 11 of Banjul's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

405 of its 643 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (158 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

50 of its 77 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 19 of Khartoum's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories).

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Rights & justice

Nigeria

666 of its 1,596 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (258 stories). Ebola was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Zimbabwe

121 of its 351 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (33 stories). Extreme cold was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Peru (129 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (130 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); snowstorms in Lebanon (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Zimbabwe (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Canada (100 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 30,549 stories about harm among 123,293 counted on 20 Jan.

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Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Nigeria. On 20 January 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 25 today. Honduras' news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 61%. of the day's 123,293 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 23.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guinea85 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 54 · mostly health Gambia80 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 23 · mostly rights & justice Honduras78 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 61 · mostly rights & justice Syria77 in 100 of its 967 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Croatia70 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 11 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1235 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2445 Jerusalem Israel244 stories about protests or strikes, of its 540 Afrin Syria196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 588 Islamabad Pakistan113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 245 Hollywood US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 375

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 lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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 readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: too little coverage to readEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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 lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDjibouti: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualMontana, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsArewa, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 13 outletsPort Harcourt, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 10 outletsOrlando, US -- health: 32 stories, carried by 45 outletsAmman, Jordan -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsWilliams Lake, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 35 outletsCairo, Egypt -- rights & justice: 210 stories, carried by 182 outletsSwindon, UK -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 10 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 ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Honduras warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Montana US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Arewa Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Port Harcourt Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Orlando US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 32 stories ● Amman Jordan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 10,215 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Health22% 6,578 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence18% 5,279 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 4,389 stories · much less than usual (usually 23%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,931 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 744 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 576 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 297 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 killed10,828 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,668 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,251 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,906 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions854 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced416 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Iraq Stories reporting refugees369 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Syria Stories reporting evacuations176 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill27 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and France

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 more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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