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12,326 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 drownings in Ecuador, protests in Khartoum (Sudan) and extreme cold in Belarus. Ecuador's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 52 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostEcuador 93 in 100 of its 56 stories, usually 38
RegionEast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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 →
Conflict & violence

Ecuador

52 of its 56 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Guayaquil accounted for 39 of Ecuador's 52 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (38 stories). Drownings were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Guayaquil stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

79 of its 95 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Khartoum accounted for 69 of Sudan's 79 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. 68 of Khartoum's 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Rights & justice

Belarus

Minsk accounted for 50 of Belarus' 59 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Extreme cold was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Health

India

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (57 stories). Malaria was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Iran

49 of its 99 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tehran accounted for 27 of Iran's 49 stories about harm, carried by 168 outlets. 18 of Tehran's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Cuba

19 of its 36 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 6 of Havana's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 84 of Afghanistan's 152 stories about harm, carried by 215 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Australia

28 of Melbourne's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Flooding was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Germany

76 of its 225 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Chad

6 of its 10 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 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: train derailment in New Zealand (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Ghana (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Australia (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in US (114 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in UK (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 12,326 stories about harm among 48,285 counted on 13 Nov.

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Ecuador's news mentioned drownings more than ten times as often as usual. 26 in every 100 of the day's 48,285 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ecuador, 93% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual. A year earlier, on 13 November 2020, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ecuador93 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan83 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 248 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia58 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Syria56 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 436 Khartoum Sudan68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 69 Kenosha US61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98 Glasgow UK39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98 Melbourne Australia28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 49

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: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: 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: 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: too little coverage to readSomalia: 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 lessSingapore: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: too little coverage to readJapan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 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 readArgentina: 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 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUkraine: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualExeter, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsTulsa, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsOrlando, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsEdgbaston, UK -- health: 39 stories, carried by 27 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

● Exeter UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Tulsa US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Orlando US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Edgbaston UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 39 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health52% 6,349 stories · less than usual (usually 55%) Rights & justice19% 2,307 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,200 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 1,096 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 442 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 400 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 272 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 140 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 killed3,020 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests977 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected780 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured770 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced86 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ethiopia and the US Stories reporting abductions67 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees66 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations47 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Greece

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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