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22,205 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 day's news pointed at protests in Amsterdam (Netherlands), a disaster in Beira and evacuations in Zimbabwe. the Netherlands' coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 59 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSwitzerland 48 in 100 of its 260 stories, usually 25
RegionCentral Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
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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Protests & strikes

Netherlands

150 of its 319 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Amsterdam accounted for 92 of the Netherlands' 150 stories about harm, carried by 266 outlets. 74 of Amsterdam's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories → Amsterdam stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

65 of its 79 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Beira accounted for 31 of Mozambique's 65 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Beira stories →
Health

Zimbabwe

99 of its 192 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 22 of Yemen's 40 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Russia

Moscow accounted for 206 of Russia's 303 stories about harm, carried by 342 outlets. 153 of Moscow's 206 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (127 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

105 of its 252 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Cairo accounted for 60 of Egypt's 105 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. 36 of Cairo's 60 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Health

New Zealand

217 of its 720 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Illness was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Health

South Africa

Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Cyclone was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tropical storm, heavy rain and power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Iran

Tehran accounted for 44 of Iran's 67 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Oil spill was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

UK

Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). House fires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in New Zealand (54 of its stories, about three times its usual); oil spill in Iran (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in France (18 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in Australia (34 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

26 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 22,205 stories about harm among 86,664 counted on 25 Jan.

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In Iran's news, mentions of oil spill ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 26 January 2020, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today. the Netherlands' news was 47% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. of the day's 86,664 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 28.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique82 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 63 · mostly disasters & accidents Tunisia54 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 59 · mostly health Palestine53 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Syria52 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Zimbabwe52 in 100 of its 192 stories · usually 44 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US444 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1293 Moscow Russia153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 206 Amsterdam Netherlands74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 92 Delhi India45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 261 Seattle US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 94

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: 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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSão 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominican 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: 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: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: 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: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSpain: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualJaisalmer, India -- health: 15 stories, carried by 22 outletsAkure, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsActon, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 81 outletsTowie, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsOrlu, Nigeria -- health: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsPerth, Australia -- health: 11 stories, carried by 17 outletsBihar, India -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 18 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 16 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

● Jaisalmer India about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Akure Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Acton UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Towie UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Orlu Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health59% 13,003 stories · about as usual Rights & justice16% 3,584 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 2,201 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,517 stories · less than usual (usually 9%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 869 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 393 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 244 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 218 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 killed5,981 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,586 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,485 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,033 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions171 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced147 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Mozambique and Syria Stories reporting refugees144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations102 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill26 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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