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11,945 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 Brasilia (Brazil), violence in Amsterdam and a disaster in Durres. the Netherlands' coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the UK and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNetherlands 55 in 100 of its 232 stories, usually 17
RegionEurope 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

147 of its 307 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 22 of Brasilia's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (53 stories). Wildfires were named in 66 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.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Brasilia stories →
Conflict & violence

Netherlands

128 of its 232 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Amsterdam accounted for 65 of the Netherlands' 128 stories about harm, carried by 291 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories → Amsterdam stories →
Disasters & accidents

Albania

60 of its 73 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Durres accounted for 56 of Albania's 60 stories about harm, carried by 332 outlets. Illness was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Durres stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Malta

62 of its 109 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Valletta accounted for 46 of Malta's 62 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

187 of its 229 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Baghdad accounted for 126 of Iraq's 187 stories about harm, carried by 338 outlets. 121 of Baghdad's 126 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

UK

1,522 of its 4,620 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (619 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Rights & justice

India

1,014 of its 4,008 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (332 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Belize

22 of its 41 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Guatemala

12 of its 18 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Kashmir (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Türkiye (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in US (270 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 17; 17 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 11,945 stories about harm among 59,489 counted on 30 Nov.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 27 October 2019. 20 in every 100 of the day's 59,489 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 17. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. Brazil stood out: 48% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 16%. Mentions of wildfires ran more than ten times their usual in Brazil's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Albania82 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 63 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq82 in 100 of its 229 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Malta57 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 29 · mostly conflict & violence Netherlands55 in 100 of its 232 stories · usually 17 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan53 in 100 of its 202 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Baghdad Iraq121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Hyderabad India87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 197 Beijing China52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 79 Delhi India48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 Washington US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: 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 lessAlbania: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrasilia, Brazil -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 320 outletsOrlando, US -- disasters & accidents: 17 stories, carried by 18 outletsSwindon, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsDallas, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 17 outletsKelowna, Canada -- shelter & services: 17 stories, carried by 43 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 62 stories, carried by 60 outletsPune, India -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 24 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

● Brasilia Brazil about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 24 stories ● Orlando US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 17 stories ● Swindon UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Dallas US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Bristol UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 3,380 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents24% 2,798 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence18% 2,124 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Health18% 2,081 stories · much less than usual (usually 24%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 532 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 410 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 206 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 199 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 killed3,611 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting arrests1,583 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting people injured1,374 at about twice the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people affected1,095 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions160 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and India Stories reporting evacuations116 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees95 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people displaced60 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Canada and India Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Cameroon

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than usual
● Feara little more than 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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