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28,717 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 Kampala (Uganda), evacuations in Honduras and violence in Jammu. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 62 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostUganda 62 in 100 of its 240 stories, usually 34
RegionCentral Asia 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Uganda

150 of its 240 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kampala accounted for 104 of Uganda's 150 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. 74 of Kampala's 104 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Disasters & accidents

Honduras

71 of its 79 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Natural hazards were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

99 of its 179 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jammu accounted for 59 of Kashmir's 99 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Rights & justice

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 164 of Israel's 244 stories about harm, carried by 287 outlets. Reports of people falling ill 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.

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

Nigeria

66 of Lagos' 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

348 of its 727 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

196 of its 317 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tigray accounted for 141 of Ethiopia's 196 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 67 of Iran's 121 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Thailand

53 of Bangkok's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nicaragua

58 of its 73 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (114 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in France (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Nigeria (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in South Africa (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in US (101 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 27; 26 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 28,717 stories about harm among 111,010 counted on 19 Nov.

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Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 111,010 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 20 November 2019, 16 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today. Uganda's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 34%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Honduras90 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Nicaragua79 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 52 · mostly disasters & accidents Uganda62 in 100 of its 240 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice Ethiopia62 in 100 of its 317 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq59 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1288 Jerusalem Israel77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164 Kampala Uganda74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 104 Lagos Nigeria66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 Bangkok Thailand53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66

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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: 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 lessSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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 lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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: 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 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 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 lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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: 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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 lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLuxembourg: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualColorado, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 24 outletsPulwama, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 22 stories, carried by 18 outletsElkrun, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsPrince Edward Island, Canada -- health: 13 stories, carried by 37 outletsBihar, India -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 78 stories, carried by 188 outletsZurich, Switzerland -- health: 17 stories, carried by 22 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

● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Pulwama Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories ● Elkrun US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Prince Edward Island Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health62% 17,561 stories · more than usual (usually 58%) Rights & justice16% 4,523 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents7% 2,115 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,815 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,063 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 719 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 314 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 298 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 killed8,102 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,012 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,906 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,558 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees197 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions158 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations124 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill82 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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