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What the world's news said happened to people.
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39,829 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 rights and justice in Cojusna, violence in Monrovia and protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh). Moldova's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate, most often about Canada and the US → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMoldova 69 in 100 of its 115 stories, usually 22
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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 →
Rights & justice

Moldova

79 of its 115 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Cojusna accounted for 71 of Moldova's 79 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Moldova over 30 days → its stories → Cojusna stories →
Conflict & violence

Liberia

105 of its 157 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Monrovia accounted for 99 of Liberia's 105 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Liberia over 30 days → its stories → Monrovia stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

197 of its 357 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 82 of Dhaka's 120 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (86 stories). Road crashes were named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Health

Canada

1,484 of its 6,030 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (446 stories). Food poisoning was named in 214 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with oil spill. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Canada over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Palestine

761 of its 1,190 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Ramallah accounted for 630 of Palestine's 761 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (226 stories). Heavy rain was named in 80 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

137 of its 237 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Displacement

Central African Republic

44 of its 50 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Hunger was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

74 of its 105 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 47 of Port-au-Prince's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (67 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kenya

413 of its 857 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (104 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

127 of its 158 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hepatitis in Hong Kong (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Puerto Rico (37 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Central African Republic (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Iraq (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in France (75 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 39,829 stories about harm among 196,968 counted on 21 Nov.

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People falling ill were reported at more than ten times the usual rate, most often about Canada and the US. of the day's 196,968 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Moldova stood out: 69% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. Mentions of hepatitis ran more than ten times their usual in Hong Kong's news. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic88 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 76 · mostly displacement Yemen85 in 100 of its 714 stories · usually 77 · mostly health Somalia82 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Mali80 in 100 of its 158 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan79 in 100 of its 540 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chicago US254 stories about protests or strikes, of its 812 Jerusalem Israel193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 505 Washington US170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1235 Paris France111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 253 Raqqa Syria107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: 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: 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: 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 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 lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSudan: 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 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: too little coverage to readSt 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: 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 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 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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 lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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 lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 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 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 lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: 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 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 lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualVietnam: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualChad: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualCape Town, South Africa -- rights & justice: 59 stories, carried by 103 outletsState of Florida, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsHanoi, Vietnam -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 20 outletsAbbottabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsMonrovia, Liberia -- conflict & violence: 99 stories, carried by 127 outletsLothian, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 142 outletsGulf of Mexico, US -- disasters & accidents: 30 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 ● Saudi Arabia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Chad warmth about one and a half times usual ● Liberia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Cape Town South Africa about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 59 stories ● State of Florida US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Khartoum Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Hanoi Vietnam about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories ● Abbottabad Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 11,235 stories · about as usual Health22% 8,805 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents19% 7,551 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence17% 6,622 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,911 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,319 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,164 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 665 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 killed12,981 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,878 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,500 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill877 at more than ten times the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting refugees785 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions570 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Cameroon and the US Stories reporting people displaced306 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Mali Stories reporting evacuations187 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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