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21,686 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 Tehran (Iran), violence in Dhaka and arrests in Vietnam drew the news. Bangladesh's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBangladesh 58 in 100 of its 334 stories, usually 34
RegionNorth America 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Iran

191 of its 362 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 87 of Iran's 191 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. 67 of Tehran's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

193 of its 334 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dhaka accounted for 156 of Bangladesh's 193 stories about harm, carried by 270 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Rights & justice

Vietnam

140 of its 375 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

93 of its 320 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Earthquake was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Lebanon

69 of its 216 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 49 of Beirut's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 88 of Iraq's 134 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. 75 of Baghdad's 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Malta

56 of its 124 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 15 of Valletta's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

52 of its 72 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Sanaa accounted for 31 of Yemen's 52 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Albania

167 of its 265 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Durres accounted for 143 of Albania's 167 stories about harm, carried by 162 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Congo

54 of its 68 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Iraq (40 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Chile (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in New Zealand (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Türkiye (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in US (362 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 17; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 21,686 stories about harm among 121,358 counted on 27 Nov.

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Greece's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 121,358 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 27 November 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Iran stood out: 53% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 42%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Samoa84 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 56 · mostly health Congo79 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen72 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia66 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 58 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq66 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 599 Beijing China76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138 London UK76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 405 Baghdad Iraq75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88 Dhaka Bangladesh74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 156

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: 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 lessTunisia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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: 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: 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualArizona, US -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 33 outletsWorcester, US -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsHiroshima, Japan -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 24 outletsSanaa, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 28 outletsHelsinki, Finland -- health: 14 stories, carried by 18 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 57 stories, carried by 153 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 69 stories, carried by 99 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

● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 25 stories ● Worcester US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories ● Hiroshima Japan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Sanaa Yemen about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 31 stories ● Helsinki Finland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 6,361 stories · about as usual Health23% 4,981 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 3,998 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,626 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,200 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,004 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 588 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 560 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 killed5,472 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,711 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,410 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions244 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees242 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations202 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill82 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Samoa

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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