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What the world's news said happened to people.
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20,170 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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Protests in Minas Gerais (Brazil), violence in Philippine and deaths in Jorge Chavez drew the news. Brazil's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the Philippines and Palestine →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 90 in 100 of its 1,093 stories, usually 27
RegionSoutheast Asia 51 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

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Brazil

989 of its 1,093 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Minas Gerais accounted for 558 of Brazil's 989 stories about harm, carried by 843 outlets. 321 of Minas Gerais' 558 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Minas Gerais stories →
Conflict & violence

Philippines

1,076 of its 1,387 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Philippine accounted for 630 of the Philippines' 1,076 stories about harm, carried by 933 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (277 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Peru

118 of its 145 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Jorge Chavez accounted for 82 of Peru's 118 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Avalanche was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Poland

339 of its 398 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Warsaw accounted for 225 of Poland's 339 stories about harm, carried by 323 outlets. 152 of Warsaw's 225 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (313 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Türkiye

148 of its 229 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 30 of Ankara's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (47 stories). Tornadoes were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Singapore

59 of its 193 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 14 of Tampines' 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Heatstroke was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

840 of its 1,380 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Ramallah accounted for 534 of Palestine's 840 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (453 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

550 of its 1,220 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Drownings were named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Netherlands

79 of its 187 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (49 stories). Gas explosion was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks.

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Also named far more than usual: hiv in Panama (113 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in Netherlands (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatstroke in Singapore (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Fiji (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Russia (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 Jan. 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 20,170 stories about harm among 93,843 counted on 27 Jan.

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In Brazil, 90% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 93,843 stories, above the usual 19. Mentions of HIV ran more than ten times their usual in Panama's news. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the Philippines and Palestine. the news turned to Brazil for the second day running.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Brazil90 in 100 of its 1,093 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents Poland85 in 100 of its 398 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice Peru81 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 22 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Syria79 in 100 of its 280 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines78 in 100 of its 1,387 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Minas Gerais Brazil321 stories about protests or strikes, of its 558 Paris France183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 324 Caracas Venezuela174 stories about protests or strikes, of its 238 Warsaw Poland152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 225 Washington US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 449

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: 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 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 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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: too little coverage to readFiji: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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 readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: 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 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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 readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: 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 lessTunisia: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHawaiian, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsWimbe, Malawi -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsMichigan, US -- shelter & services: 124 stories, carried by 122 outletsTunis, Tunisia -- food & livelihood: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsYangon, Myanmar -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 26 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 127 stories, carried by 108 outletsPeriyar, India -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsJaipur, India -- health: 16 stories, carried by 11 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

● Switzerland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Austria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Philippines warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Hawaiian US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Wimbe Malawi about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Michigan US about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 124 stories ● Tunis Tunisia about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 14 stories ● Yangon Myanmar about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 27 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 5,644 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Conflict & violence23% 4,560 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents16% 3,236 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Health15% 2,985 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 1,620 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services4% 780 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 616 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 403 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 killed8,496 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people injured3,010 at about twice the usual rate · most about the Philippines and Palestine Stories reporting people affected2,857 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Brazil and the US Stories reporting arrests2,547 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions388 at about twice the usual rate · most about the Philippines and Ghana Stories reporting refugees260 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced210 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Syria Stories reporting evacuations141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill35 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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