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15,833 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 Baghdad (Iraq), road crashes in Belize and the earthquake in South Korea. Iraq's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMalta 53 in 100 of its 175 stories, usually 26
RegionEast Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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

Iraq

301 of its 378 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Baghdad accounted for 134 of Iraq's 301 stories about harm, carried by 393 outlets. 128 of Baghdad's 134 stories were about protests or strikes. Avalanche was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Belize

40 of its 73 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (17 stories). Road crashes were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Belize over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

South Korea

140 of its 502 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Earthquake was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Iran

111 of its 205 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tehran accounted for 48 of Iran's 111 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. 38 of Tehran's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Netherlands

133 of its 359 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Albania

97 of its 116 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Durres accounted for 85 of Albania's 97 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Algeria

20 of its 39 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 12 of Algiers' 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Ecuador

10 of its 22 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 3 of Tungurahua's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Uganda

50 of its 125 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Landslides were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Zimbabwe (27 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Türkiye (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Uganda (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in US (209 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

17 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 29 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 15,833 stories about harm among 92,354 counted on 29 Nov.

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In Belize's news, mentions of road crashes ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 92,354 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 29 November 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. In Iraq, 80% of the news was about people being harmed, where 64% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Albania84 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 61 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq80 in 100 of its 378 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 459 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Syria57 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Belize55 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 172 Baghdad Iraq128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 London UK68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 853 Nasiriyah Iraq62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 63 Washington US61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 280

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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 lessMali: 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: 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: 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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 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 readGhana: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: too little coverage to readBurundi: 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 lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTurkmenistan: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSt. Lucia: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGrenada: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualDubai, United Arab Emirates -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- disasters & accidents: 23 stories, carried by 25 outletsNew Jersey, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsIllinois, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 15 outletsColombo, Sri Lanka -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 27 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 27 stories, carried by 24 outletsNajaf, Iraq -- rights & justice: 58 stories, carried by 100 outletsNasiriya, Iraq -- 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

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

Warmest events

● Dubai United Arab Emirates about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 23 stories ● New Jersey US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Illinois US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Colombo Sri Lanka about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 28 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 4,541 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 3,295 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Health20% 3,063 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence15% 2,372 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 823 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 637 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 404 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 397 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 killed4,286 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,761 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,505 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,329 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting refugees186 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions184 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced136 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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.