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20,947 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 Paris (France), deaths in Corinaldo and violence in Algiers. Algeria's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Brazil → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostItaly 63 in 100 of its 1,331 stories, usually 17
RegionSoutheast Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

France

1,051 of its 2,962 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Paris accounted for 977 of France's 1,051 stories about harm, carried by 1,037 outlets. 930 of Paris' 977 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (725 stories). Hurricane was named in 88 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with train derailment and typhoon. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Italy

841 of its 1,331 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Corinaldo accounted for 635 of Italy's 841 stories about harm, carried by 866 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (638 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Corinaldo stories →
Conflict & violence

Algeria

70 of its 80 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Algiers accounted for 62 of Algeria's 70 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (63 stories). 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.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Rights & justice

Palestine

482 of its 727 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Qusra accounted for 300 of Palestine's 482 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (70 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Belgium

138 of its 243 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Brussels accounted for 135 of Belgium's 138 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. 124 of Brussels' 135 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (96 stories). Flu was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Sweden

83 of its 158 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Plague was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Malaysia

166 of its 460 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 118 of Kuala Lumpur's 132 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Honduras

17 of its 27 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 11 of Tegucigalpa's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

155 of its 336 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (13 stories). Road crashes were named in 26 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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Rights & justice

Brazil

127 of its 346 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (103 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: haemorrhagic fever in DR Congo (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Finland (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plague in Sweden (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Kashmir (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Belgium (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 Dec. 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 20,947 stories about harm among 110,423 counted on 8 Dec.

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Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about three times the usual rate. 19 in every 100 of the day's 110,423 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Brazil. the DR Congo's news mentioned haemorrhagic fever about 4 times as often as usual. France's news was 35% about people being harmed, against a usual 27%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Algeria88 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 25 · mostly conflict & violence Syria81 in 100 of its 245 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen74 in 100 of its 218 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine66 in 100 of its 727 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Israel64 in 100 of its 665 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France930 stories about protests or strikes, of its 977 Charlottesville US523 stories about protests or strikes, of its 564 Gaza Palestine173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175 Moscow Russia159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 Greenwood County US159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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 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 readTunisia: 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 lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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: 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 lessNorway: 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: 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 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 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: 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 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 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: 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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualHajjah, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 35 outletsKashmir Valley, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 16 outletsRimbo, Sweden -- conflict & violence: 57 stories, carried by 58 outletsHamburg, Germany -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 44 outletsVaranasi, India -- health: 10 stories, carried by 47 outletsWalkerton, Canada -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsMichigan, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsBahawalpur, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 30 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

● Malaysia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Hajjah Yemen about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 28 stories ● Kashmir Valley Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories ● Rimbo Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 57 stories ● Hamburg Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Varanasi India about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice36% 7,377 stories · much more than usual (usually 27%) Health17% 3,420 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents17% 3,406 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence16% 3,364 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,182 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 932 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 503 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 438 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 killed5,533 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting arrests4,067 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people injured3,026 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting people affected2,177 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions554 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Brazil Stories reporting refugees312 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced286 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations88 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and Kashmir Stories reporting people falling ill18 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan

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 as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little more 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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