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3,198 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 Lima (Peru), illness in Piatra Neamt and violence in Tigray. Ethiopia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 54 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPhilippines 72 in 100 of its 124 stories, usually 41
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Peru

22 of its 24 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Lima accounted for 18 of Peru's 22 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. 18 of Lima's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Health

Romania

18 of its 24 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Piatra Neamt accounted for 13 of Romania's 18 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 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.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Piatra Neamt stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

59 of its 87 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tigray accounted for 52 of Ethiopia's 59 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

89 of its 124 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (15 stories). Typhoon was named in 63 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with flooding, cyclone and heavy rain.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Mexico

24 of its 40 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Nigeria

69 of its 154 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 15 of Lagos' 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

19 of its 42 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Typhoon was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Health

Canada

58 of its 173 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

28 of its 34 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

46 of its 87 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jerusalem accounted for 22 of Israel's 46 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Vietnam (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Nigeria (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in US (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

30 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 3,198 stories about harm among 10,800 counted on 15 Nov.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 13 September 2020. Peru's news was 92% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. On the side of help, reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 30 in every 100 of the day's 10,800 stories, above the usual 27.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Philippines72 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Ethiopia68 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Israel53 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan46 in 100 of its 179 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Nigeria45 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193 Lima Peru18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 18 Lagos Nigeria15 stories about protests or strikes, of its 19 Abuja Nigeria7 stories about protests or strikes, of its 10 London UK6 stories about protests or strikes, of its 47

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: 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: 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: 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 readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: too little coverage to readGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-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: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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: too little coverage to readComoros: 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readWest Midlands, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 20 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

● West Midlands UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health54% 1,724 stories · less than usual (usually 58%) Rights & justice16% 497 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents11% 355 stories · more than usual (usually 9%) Conflict & violence10% 327 stories · more than usual (usually 7%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 131 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 64 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 40 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 26 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 killed1,127 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected287 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting arrests258 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured236 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting refugees31 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ethiopia and Russia Stories reporting people displaced28 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ethiopia and Israel Stories reporting evacuations23 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and Vietnam Stories reporting abductions11 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Bahrain

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.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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