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14,958 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 Tsim Sha Tsui (Hong Kong), rights and justice in Riyadh and people killed in Jordan. Saudi Arabia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 57 in 100 of its 264 stories, usually 24
RegionSoutheast Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

84 of its 158 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tsim Sha Tsui accounted for 64 of Hong Kong's 84 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. 62 of Tsim Sha Tsui's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Tsim Sha Tsui stories →
Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

250 of its 530 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Riyadh accounted for 164 of Saudi Arabia's 250 stories about harm, carried by 263 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (107 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Riyadh stories →
Health

Jordan

40 of its 134 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Heatstroke was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

173 of its 248 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Idlib accounted for 117 of Syria's 173 stories about harm, carried by 271 outlets. Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Côte d’Ivoire

19 of its 27 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Abidjan accounted for 17 of Côte d’Ivoire's 19 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. 12 of Abidjan's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Indonesia

151 of its 264 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

188 of its 406 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Tropical storm was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with cyclone, storms and landslides.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

29 of its 58 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Cyclone was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

20 of its 27 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

India

160 of Delhi's 302 stories were about protests or strikes. Landslides were named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Fiji (16 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (44 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); oil spill in Ecuador (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in UK (80 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in Canada (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 Dec. 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 14,958 stories about harm among 81,381 counted on 24 Dec.

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Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 18 in every 100 of the day's 81,381 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Hong Kong, 53% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual. A year earlier, on 24 December 2018, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria70 in 100 of its 248 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia59 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 38 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Indonesia57 in 100 of its 264 stories · usually 24 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 273 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong53 in 100 of its 158 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 302 Washington US86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 327 Tsim Sha Tsui Hong Kong62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 64 Abuja Nigeria60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 Riyadh Saudi Arabia56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: 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: 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: 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: 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 lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: 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: 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 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: 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 readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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: too little coverage to readN. 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 lessHong Kong: 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern 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: too little coverage to readAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readPakistan: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualIndiana, US -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 41 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 11 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 17 outletsAbidjan, Côte d’Ivoire -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 67 outletsBuhari, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 20 outletsWest Midlands, UK -- health: 25 stories, carried by 26 outletsDoncaster, UK -- disasters & accidents: 46 stories, carried by 42 outletsLahore, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 12 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

● Indiana US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Khartoum Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Buhari Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 27 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 4,613 stories · about as usual Health22% 3,245 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 2,724 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,707 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 969 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 650 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 451 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 338 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 killed4,240 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,802 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,058 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees200 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced195 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions188 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines

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.