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18,485 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 la Paz (Bolivia), violence in Tripoli and rights and justice in Cabarete. Libya's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBolivia 71 in 100 of its 146 stories, usually 42
RegionEast Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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

Bolivia

103 of its 146 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. la Paz accounted for 50 of Bolivia's 103 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. 47 of la Paz's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (86 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories → La Paz stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

67 of its 93 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tripoli accounted for 58 of Libya's 67 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Health

Samoa

43 of its 56 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Iran

294 of its 520 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tehran accounted for 171 of Iran's 294 stories about harm, carried by 257 outlets. 150 of Tehran's 171 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

380 of its 687 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 152 of Hong Kong Island's 153 stories were about protests or strikes. Hypothermia was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Georgia

30 of its 69 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Tbilisi accounted for 28 of Georgia's 30 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. 25 of Tbilisi's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

154 of its 401 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 22 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.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

42 of its 72 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 14 of Khartoum's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Italy

162 of its 651 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Heavy rain was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with avalanche, power cuts and snowstorms.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (34 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Austria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Italy (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plague in China (55 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tuberculosis in Sri Lanka (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 18,485 stories about harm among 110,203 counted on 18 Nov.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 110,203 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 18 November 2018, 23 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 →

Samoa77 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 40 · mostly health Libya72 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Bolivia71 in 100 of its 146 stories · usually 42 · mostly rights & justice Yemen64 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq61 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hong Kong Island Hong Kong152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 153 Tehran Iran150 stories about protests or strikes, of its 171 Washington US104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 451 Delhi India98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 206 Beijing China78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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: 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: 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 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: 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 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualMontana, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsMount Desert Island, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 20 outletsAnuradhapura, Sri Lanka -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 43 outletsTbilisi, Georgia -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 43 outletsWrexham, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsColombo, Sri Lanka -- conflict & violence: 52 stories, carried by 57 outletsBristol, UK -- food & livelihood: 21 stories, carried by 18 outletsOttawa, Canada -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 64 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Montana US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Mount Desert Island US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Anuradhapura Sri Lanka about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Tbilisi Georgia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 28 stories ● Wrexham UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 5,511 stories · about as usual Health25% 4,519 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 3,077 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,284 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,132 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 786 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 427 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 364 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 killed4,779 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,398 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,857 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,216 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees183 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US Stories reporting people displaced143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions125 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations116 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting people falling ill30 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 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.