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22,391 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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Rights and justice in Ngalewa, violence in Tazirbu and protests in Paris (France) drew the news. Libya's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Niger and Kenya → 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 mostBahrain 72 in 100 of its 260 stories, usually 25
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Niger

144 of its 149 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Ngalewa accounted for 134 of Niger's 144 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (140 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Ngalewa stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

197 of its 212 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tazirbu accounted for 169 of Libya's 197 stories about harm, carried by 201 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tazirbu stories →
Protests & strikes

France

986 of its 2,055 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 854 of Paris' 920 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (613 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Mali

128 of its 137 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Mopti accounted for 96 of Mali's 128 stories about harm, carried by 274 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

277 of its 538 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 173 of Tehran's 227 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

874 of its 1,592 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (289 stories). Hepatitis was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nigeria

465 of its 1,145 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 76 of Lagos' 125 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (291 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

426 of its 489 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. 162 of Idlib's 205 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

362 of its 471 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Kabul accounted for 245 of Afghanistan's 362 stories about harm, carried by 297 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (253 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Iraq (151 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Italy (80 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (40 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in Finland (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (41 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 22,391 stories about harm among 104,927 counted on 24 Nov.

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Mentions of wildfires ran more than ten times their usual in Iraq's news. of the day's 104,927 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Niger and Kenya. In Niger, 97% of the news was about people being harmed, where 46% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger97 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Mali93 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Libya93 in 100 of its 212 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Syria87 in 100 of its 489 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Congo77 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France854 stories about protests or strikes, of its 920 Houston US186 stories about protests or strikes, of its 266 Tehran Iran173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 227 Idlib Syria162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 205 Islamabad Pakistan158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 217

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 lessVietnam: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth 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 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 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: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: too little coverage to readSomaliland: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 lessPhilippines: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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 lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 lessItaly: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: 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 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 readGhana: 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 lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: 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 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 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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 readYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualGuyana: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualSanaa, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 18 outletsHodeida, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 40 stories, carried by 44 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 24 outletsDurban, South Africa -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 15 outletsAnchorage, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsPhoenix, US -- rights & justice: 62 stories, carried by 65 outletsIslamabad, Pakistan -- rights & justice: 217 stories, carried by 224 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

● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Sanaa Yemen about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Hodeida Yemen about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 40 stories ● Edinburgh UK about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 29 stories ● Durban South Africa about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 28 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 6,404 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence23% 5,047 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 4,744 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Health14% 3,155 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,165 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 758 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 582 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 248 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 killed8,527 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,487 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting arrests3,261 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people affected2,689 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions546 at about twice the usual rate · most about Niger and Kenya Stories reporting evacuations466 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees382 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced330 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill39 at about two-thirds 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.