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19,519 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 Bogota (Colombia), rights and justice in Pyongyang and people affected in Samoa. Colombia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK →
Part of lifeRights & justice 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostNorth Korea 53 in 100 of its 85 stories, usually 16
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

81 of its 149 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Bogota accounted for 59 of Colombia's 81 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. 54 of Bogota's 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Rights & justice

North Korea

45 of its 85 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Pyongyang accounted for 35 of North Korea's 45 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Illness was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Iran

190 of its 345 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tehran accounted for 101 of Iran's 190 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. 88 of Tehran's 101 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bolivia

79 of its 117 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. la Paz accounted for 54 of Bolivia's 79 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. 47 of la Paz's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

161 of its 354 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 30 of Hung Hom's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Algeria

22 of its 42 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 13 of Algiers' 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

23 of its 35 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Managua accounted for 19 of Nicaragua's 23 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. 14 of Managua's 19 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 86 of Iraq's 140 stories about harm, carried by 299 outlets. 82 of Baghdad's 86 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Chile (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in Indonesia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Hong Kong (15 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); accidents in Philippines (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Pakistan (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

16 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 19,519 stories about harm among 118,761 counted on 22 Nov.

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People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. of the day's 118,761 news stories, 16 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Indonesia's news mentioned poisoning more than ten times as often as usual. Colombia's news was 54% about people being harmed, against a usual 27%. On 22 November 2018, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 16 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria70 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq69 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Bolivia68 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan62 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Iran55 in 100 of its 345 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 582 Beijing China123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 159 Tehran Iran88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101 Baghdad Iraq82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 86 Bogota Colombia54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 59

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readTonga: 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 lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: 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 lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: 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 lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern 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: 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 lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 53 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 40 stories, carried by 92 outletsVermont, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 58 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 19 stories, carried by 22 outletsBougainville, Papua New Guinea -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 39 outletsWisconsin, US -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 30 outletsMadrid, Spain -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsTel Aviv, Israel -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 25 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

● Mogadishu Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 40 stories ● Vermont US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Geneva Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Bougainville Papua New Guinea about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice36% 6,809 stories · much more than usual (usually 30%) Health25% 4,778 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,710 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence11% 2,088 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,063 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 826 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 441 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 413 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 killed4,722 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,773 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,906 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured992 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting refugees242 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions230 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced130 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill102 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting evacuations101 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 softer than 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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