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17,930 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Paris (France), helicopter crash in Sudan and rights and justice in Stockholm. Algeria's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSweden 66 in 100 of its 104 stories, usually 21
RegionEast Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

France

1,139 of its 2,286 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Paris accounted for 1,057 of France's 1,139 stories about harm, carried by 941 outlets. 1,021 of Paris' 1,057 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (841 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sudan

69 of its 94 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Khartoum accounted for 42 of Sudan's 69 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (27 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plane crash. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Rights & justice

Sweden

69 of its 104 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Stockholm accounted for 53 of Sweden's 69 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Stockholm stories →
Conflict & violence

Algeria

30 of its 38 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

South Sudan

193 of its 197 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Bentiu accounted for 160 of South Sudan's 193 stories about harm, carried by 212 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (179 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Malaysia

176 of its 438 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 97 of Kuala Lumpur's 122 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Palestine

533 of its 871 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Nablus accounted for 330 of Palestine's 533 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (168 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Canada

625 of its 2,332 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 246 of Vancouver's 289 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (106 stories). Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Peru

107 of its 197 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Lima accounted for 104 of Peru's 107 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Plague was named in 92 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Togo

15 of its 17 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 4 of Bafilo's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: plague in Peru (92 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in South Korea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Zimbabwe (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 17,930 stories about harm among 93,027 counted on 9 Dec.

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Mentions of the plague ran more than ten times their usual in Peru's news. of the day's 93,027 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to France for the second day running. A year earlier, on 9 December 2017, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. In France, 50% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. This week the news turned most often to France, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan98 in 100 of its 197 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Sudan73 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen71 in 100 of its 203 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Sweden66 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 21 · mostly rights & justice Syria65 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France1021 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1057 Beijing China330 stories about protests or strikes, of its 392 Vancouver Canada246 stories about protests or strikes, of its 289 Greenwood County US144 stories about protests or strikes, of its 220 Cleburne US142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão 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: 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 lessNorth 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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 lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 readJamaica: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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 lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: 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 readAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: 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 lessTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorway: warmth about twice its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualMaldives: warmth about its own usualOslo, Norway -- rights & justice: 51 stories, carried by 102 outletsWyoming, US -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsVienna, Austria -- conflict & violence: 43 stories, carried by 47 outletsDetroit, US -- health: 36 stories, carried by 59 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- rights & justice: 53 stories, carried by 57 outletsCairo, Egypt -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 15 outletsAlgiers, Algeria -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 19 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 16 stories, carried by 12 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

● Norway warmth about twice usual ● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual ● Malaysia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Saudi Arabia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Oslo Norway about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 51 stories ● Wyoming US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Vienna Austria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 43 stories ● Detroit US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 36 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 53 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice36% 6,301 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence16% 2,865 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents16% 2,743 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Health15% 2,735 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Shelter & services7% 1,269 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 868 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 495 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 400 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 killed4,106 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests3,124 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about France and the US Stories reporting people injured2,016 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,657 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and New Zealand Stories reporting people displaced218 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees206 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Austria and the US Stories reporting abductions196 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations51 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and Kashmir Stories reporting people falling ill40 at about half 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 two-thirds of 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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