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What the world's news said happened to people.
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13,917 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 illness in Wuhan, a disaster in Elazig and protests in Baghdad (Iraq). Türkiye's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about China and the US → Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostChina 67 in 100 of its 3,003 stories, usually 28
RegionEast Asia 58 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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 →
Health

China

2,016 of its 3,003 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Wuhan accounted for 1,633 of China's 2,016 stories about harm, carried by 1,747 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Flooding was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

China over 30 days → its stories → Wuhan stories →
Disasters & accidents

Türkiye

300 of its 532 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Elazig accounted for 173 of Türkiye's 300 stories about harm, carried by 387 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (176 stories). Tsunami was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Elazig stories →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

232 of its 293 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Baghdad accounted for 143 of Iraq's 232 stories about harm, carried by 233 outlets. 124 of Baghdad's 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Conflict & violence

Myanmar

15 of its 19 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Poland

31 of its 84 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Germany

101 of its 370 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 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.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

95 of its 196 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jammu accounted for 54 of Kashmir's 95 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 62 of Iran's 148 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 28 of Lebanon's 30 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. 26 of Beirut's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Gambia

17 of its 24 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: drought in Kenya (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plane crash in Australia (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Canada (16 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); building collapse in India (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in UK (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 13,917 stories about harm among 65,757 counted on 25 Jan.

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For the eighth day running, the news turned to China. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 65,757 stories, above the usual 20. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about China and the US. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. China stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico85 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 79 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq79 in 100 of its 293 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence China67 in 100 of its 3,003 stories · usually 28 · mostly health Syria64 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Baghdad Iraq124 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143 Washington US85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 315 Delhi India84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258 Wuhan China33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1633 Pune India27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 36

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: 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 lessAfghanistan: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readVatican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readSudan: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualBeirut, Lebanon -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 55 outletsOklahoma, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 15 outletsVermont, US -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 57 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 143 stories, carried by 233 outletsPulwama, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 18 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 41 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- health: 24 stories, carried by 17 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 54 stories, carried by 35 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

● Lebanon warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Beirut Lebanon about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 28 stories ● Oklahoma US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Vermont US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Baghdad Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 143 stories ● Pulwama Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 5,031 stories · much more than usual (usually 22%) Rights & justice24% 3,239 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents17% 2,301 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Conflict & violence10% 1,427 stories · much less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 763 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 462 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 285 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 208 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 killed4,938 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,627 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,619 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,018 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill164 at about three times the usual rate · most about China and the US Stories reporting evacuations133 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions118 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced100 at about the usual rate

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 two-thirds of 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.