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What the world's news said happened to people.
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24,096 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 a disaster in Kyiv, protests in Hanoi (Vietnam) and people injured in Mali. China's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostUkraine 41 in 100 of its 322 stories, usually 14
RegionOceania 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
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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Disasters & accidents

Ukraine

133 of its 322 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Kyiv accounted for 95 of Ukraine's 133 stories about harm, carried by 243 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Protests & strikes

Vietnam

55 of its 245 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 13 of Hanoi's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Hanoi stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

27 of its 42 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories →
Health

China

Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Outbreaks were named in 159 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with respiratory illness and covid. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Libya

69 of its 143 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tripoli accounted for 50 of Libya's 69 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 211 of Iraq's 328 stories about harm, carried by 286 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

158 of its 180 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

131 of its 304 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories).

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Rights & justice

Brazil

94 of its 286 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Mayotte

11 of its 11 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with volcanic eruption.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in France (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Mayotte (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); measles in Congo (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Germany (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Israel (24 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 Jan. 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 24,096 stories about harm among 119,695 counted on 9 Jan.

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Ukraine's news was 41% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. of the day's 119,695 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Ukraine for the second day running. Mentions of outbreaks ran about three times their usual in China's news. On 9 January 2019, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico88 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 63 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia76 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan64 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 61 · mostly rights & justice Syria61 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Iran53 in 100 of its 4,954 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1676 Delhi India143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 387 Washington US118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 727 Baghdad Iraq62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 211 Paris France42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 70

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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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 readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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 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: too little coverage to readMali: 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 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: too little coverage to readGermany: 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 readSt 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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 lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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 readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualSunshine Coast, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 20 outletsPort Macquarie, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsOak Creek, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 12 outletsMissouri, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 22 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 40 outletsTolleshunt Darcy, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 17 outletsKidal, Mali -- conflict & violence: 10 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

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

Warmest events

● Sunshine Coast Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Port Macquarie Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories ● Oak Creek US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Missouri US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health23% 5,469 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Rights & justice23% 5,441 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents22% 5,107 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 4,482 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,268 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 838 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 542 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 532 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 killed7,015 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,630 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,280 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,195 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions241 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees230 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting evacuations173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced159 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill50 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about China and the US

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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