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25,555 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 Bogota (Colombia), violence in Kabul and people killed in Sweden drew the news. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Syria and Colombia →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSweden 79 in 100 of its 978 stories, usually 23
RegionSouth Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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

Colombia

352 of its 453 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Bogota accounted for 208 of Colombia's 352 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. 114 of Bogota's 208 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (182 stories). Flooding was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. 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.

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

Afghanistan

1,258 of its 1,441 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Kabul accounted for 1,187 of Afghanistan's 1,258 stories about harm, carried by 904 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (269 stories). Building collapse was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Sweden

770 of its 978 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (759 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Russia

796 of its 1,749 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Moscow accounted for 690 of Russia's 796 stories about harm, carried by 623 outlets. 637 of Moscow's 690 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (270 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Poland

235 of its 515 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (146 stories). Hypothermia was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Vietnam

127 of its 258 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 90 of Saigon's 107 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Netherlands

107 of its 284 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 84 of Groningen's 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Earthquake was named in 85 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

61 of its 128 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 23 of Wan Chai's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Mali

69 of its 90 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Netherlands (85 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in France (168 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Iran (146 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Finland (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in South Africa (98 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 25,555 stories about harm among 106,851 counted on 28 Jan.

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Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in the Netherlands' news. of the day's 106,851 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Syria and Colombia. It was the second day running that the news turned to Colombia. In Colombia, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 43% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Afghanistan, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan87 in 100 of its 1,441 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen81 in 100 of its 342 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia80 in 100 of its 229 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice Sweden79 in 100 of its 978 stories · usually 23 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Colombia78 in 100 of its 453 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia637 stories about protests or strikes, of its 690 San Francisco US155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321 Jerusalem Israel142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 419 Washington US132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 863 Bogota Colombia114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 208

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: 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: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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: 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 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 lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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 lessLiberia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 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 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 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readHong 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 18 outletsChautala, India -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 18 outletsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 96 stories, carried by 89 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 208 stories, carried by 176 outletsIstanbul, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 11 outletsCharles Town, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsOmoku, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 11 outletsMinnesota, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 16 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

● Ethiopia warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Czechia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Juba South Sudan about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 23 stories ● Chautala India about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● Addis Ababa Ethiopia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 96 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 208 stories ● Istanbul Türkiye about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 7,110 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence25% 6,352 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Health16% 3,989 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents13% 3,386 stories · much less than usual (usually 21%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given10% 2,470 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services3% 810 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 683 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 346 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 killed9,608 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting arrests3,386 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,384 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting people affected3,200 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced585 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Colombia Stories reporting refugees508 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations254 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions246 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Haiti

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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