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What the world's news said happened to people.
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26,665 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 Lima (Peru), evacuations in the Czechia and people killed in Botswana. the Czechia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Afghanistan → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCzechia 65 in 100 of its 133 stories, usually 14
RegionSouth Asia 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Peru

476 of its 596 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Lima accounted for 370 of Peru's 476 stories about harm, carried by 372 outlets. 311 of Lima's 370 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (158 stories). Flooding was named in 182 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with plague. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Czechia

87 of its 133 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Botswana

25 of its 32 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Afghanistan

1,722 of its 1,914 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kabul accounted for 1,516 of Afghanistan's 1,722 stories about harm, carried by 1,041 outlets. 884 of Kabul's 1,516 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Honduras

120 of its 129 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 91 of Honduras' 120 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. 91 of Tegucigalpa's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Lebanon

186 of its 252 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Beirut accounted for 151 of Lebanon's 186 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. 131 of Beirut's 151 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (59 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

99 of its 177 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 55 of Addis Ababa's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

North Korea

41 of its 190 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 20 of Pyongyang's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Extreme cold was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Venezuela

110 of its 152 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Chile (76 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drought in Egypt (88 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Yemen (58 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in North Korea (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Indonesia (23 of its stories, more than ten 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 21 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 26,665 stories about harm among 108,451 counted on 21 Jan.

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Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 25 in every 100 of the day's 108,451 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. Abductions were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Afghanistan. Papua New Guinea's news mentioned the earthquake about three times as often as usual. Peru's news was 80% about people being harmed, against a usual 51%. This week the news turned most often to Chile, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 4 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Honduras93 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan90 in 100 of its 1,914 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Congo84 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Tunisia83 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea83 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kabul Afghanistan884 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1516 Washington US463 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1267 Los Angeles US362 stories about protests or strikes, of its 590 Jerusalem Israel314 stories about protests or strikes, of its 595 Lima Peru311 stories about protests or strikes, of its 370

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: 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: 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 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 lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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 lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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: 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 lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 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: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: 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 lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readHeard & 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 lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readAruba: 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 readSweden: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCosta Rica: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBotswana: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMonrovia, Liberia -- shelter & services: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsCalhoun County, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsBonn, Germany -- displacement: 42 stories, carried by 94 outletsDetroit, US -- rights & justice: 124 stories, carried by 128 outletsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- rights & justice: 61 stories, carried by 62 outletsKurdistan, Iran -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 16 outletsAmhara, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 23 outletsChilliwack, Canada -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 26 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 ● France warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ethiopia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Monrovia Liberia about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 11 stories ● Calhoun County US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Bonn Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 42 stories ● Detroit US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 124 stories ● Addis Ababa Ethiopia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 61 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 8,100 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence26% 6,915 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents17% 4,425 stories · much less than usual (usually 22%) Health14% 3,799 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,528 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 798 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 444 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 261 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 killed10,308 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people injured3,875 at about twice the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting people affected3,038 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,732 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions760 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people displaced385 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting refugees369 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations182 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill9 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and New Zealand

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout one and a half times 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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