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11,790 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 la Paz (Bolivia), wildfires in Australia and refugees in Mexico. Mexico's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAustralia 33 in 100 of its 1,333 stories, usually 17
RegionCentral Asia 29 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

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Bolivia

39 of its 75 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. la Paz accounted for 24 of Bolivia's 39 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. 18 of la Paz's 24 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 angry as the world's.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories → La Paz stories →
Disasters & accidents

Australia

446 of its 1,333 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Wildfires were named in 184 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with drought.

Australia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mexico

128 of its 312 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Brazil

58 of its 255 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 15 of Curitiba's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Drownings were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

23 of its 35 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Tbilisi accounted for 20 of Georgia's 23 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. 19 of Tbilisi's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

149 of its 202 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Baghdad accounted for 112 of Iraq's 149 stories about harm, carried by 374 outlets. 97 of Baghdad's 112 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

136 of its 309 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Storm surge was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Greece

35 of its 138 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

90 of its 407 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Heavy rain was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: storm surge in Bangladesh (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Iran (29 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Brazil (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in UK (131 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (28 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 17; 16 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 11,790 stories about harm among 69,559 counted on 9 Nov.

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Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 17 in every 100 of the day's 69,559 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico. the news turned to Bolivia for the second day running. A year earlier, on 9 November 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq74 in 100 of its 202 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Syria65 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Bolivia52 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia48 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice Bangladesh44 in 100 of its 309 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Baghdad Iraq97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112 Washington US67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 350 Berlin Germany53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108 Ayodhya India50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152 Beijing China32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 86

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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 lessTurkey: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readNiger: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: 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 lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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 readBotswana: 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 lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: too little coverage to readBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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 readAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readIraq: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCuritiba, Brazil -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 27 outletsCalifornia, US -- disasters & accidents: 73 stories, carried by 114 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 112 stories, carried by 374 outletsSao Paulo, Brazil -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 66 outletsFort Bragg, US -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 22 outletsAbbotsford, Canada -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 66 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 19 stories, carried by 15 outletsBarcelona, Spain -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 19 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

● Brazil warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Curitiba Brazil about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● California US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 73 stories ● Baghdad Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 112 stories ● Sao Paulo Brazil about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories ● Fort Bragg US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 3,471 stories · about as usual Health22% 2,593 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 2,299 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence15% 1,685 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 625 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 413 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 238 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 222 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 killed3,109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,599 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,472 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured776 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations242 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Australia and Bangladesh Stories reporting refugees132 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting abductions84 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced63 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill45 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico

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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