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22,694 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 news turned to protests in Baku (Azerbaijan), landslides in Vietnam and arrests in Malta. Malta's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostAzerbaijan 77 in 100 of its 131 stories, usually 14
RegionSoutheast 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

Azerbaijan

101 of its 131 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Baku accounted for 99 of Azerbaijan's 101 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. 78 of Baku's 99 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (97 stories).

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories → Baku stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

82 of its 241 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (69 stories). Landslides were named in 59 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Malta

101 of its 203 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Malta over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Peru

88 of its 176 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Lima accounted for 83 of Peru's 88 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (73 stories).

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

Mali

126 of its 136 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Bamako accounted for 121 of Mali's 126 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. 116 of Bamako's 121 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories).

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Protests & strikes

France

438 of its 960 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 255 of Paris' 313 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (327 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

153 of its 330 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 63 of Harare's 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (94 stories). Train derailment was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

188 of its 199 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Balaka accounted for 98 of the Central African Republic's 188 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Cambodia

121 of its 142 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Phnom Penh accounted for 74 of Cambodia's 121 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Ukraine

140 of its 287 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kiev accounted for 123 of Ukraine's 140 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. 107 of Kiev's 123 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Türkiye (137 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Mexico (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Czechia (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tornadoes in New Zealand (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (177 of its stories, about three times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 Nov. 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 22,694 stories about harm among 100,178 counted on 18 Nov.

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Azerbaijan's news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. In Vietnam's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 23 in every 100 of the day's 100,178 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. This week the news turned most often to Israel, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic94 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Mali93 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Cambodia85 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 318 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Azerbaijan77 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 14 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France255 stories about protests or strikes, of its 313 Jerusalem Israel140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 402 Beit Jala Palestine116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 261 Bamako Mali116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121 Kiev Ukraine107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 123

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: 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: 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: 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 lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi 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 lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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 readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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: 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 lessFrance: 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 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: too little coverage to readChad: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readJammu & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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 readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualMacao: warmth about its own usualLas Vegas, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsPanama City, Panama -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsHollywood, US -- displacement: 224 stories, carried by 256 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 122 stories, carried by 107 outletsHodeida, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 34 stories, carried by 28 outletsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 22 outletsJerusalem, Israel -- conflict & violence: 402 stories, carried by 231 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 30 stories, carried by 25 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

● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Las Vegas US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Panama City Panama about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Hollywood US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 224 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 122 stories ● Hodeida Yemen about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 34 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 5,829 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents23% 5,254 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence20% 4,588 stories · about as usual Health16% 3,508 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,399 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 894 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 543 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 397 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 killed8,655 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Saudi Arabia Stories reporting arrests2,737 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,398 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected2,245 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees306 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Mexico and Bangladesh Stories reporting people displaced297 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Central African Republic Stories reporting abductions265 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations253 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill26 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
● Feara little less than 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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