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21,665 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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A disaster in Sofia, drownings in France and people displaced in Colombia drew the news. Bulgaria's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 54 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCzechia 49 in 100 of its 63 stories, usually 26
RegionOceania 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Bulgaria

36 of its 90 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Sofia accounted for 28 of Bulgaria's 36 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bulgaria over 30 days → its stories → Sofia stories →
Health

France

227 of its 783 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories). Drownings were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

France over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

54 of its 133 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

North Macedonia

10 of its 18 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

South Korea

109 of its 366 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (51 stories). Outbreaks were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 31 of Syria's 58 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Czechia

31 of its 63 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Lithuania

13 of its 30 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 3 of Vilnius' 4 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Côte d’Ivoire

4 of its 6 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 3 of Abidjan's 3 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in South Korea (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Ireland (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in South Africa (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); oil spill in Nigeria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in UK (35 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 25 the day before
28 in 10023 in 10026 Oct2 Nov9 Nov16 Nov24 Nov26 Oct: 25 in 10027 Oct: 24 in 10028 Oct: 24 in 10029 Oct: 24 in 10030 Oct: 25 in 10031 Oct: 28 in 1001 Nov: 24 in 1002 Nov: 24 in 1003 Nov: 23 in 1004 Nov: 24 in 1005 Nov: 24 in 1006 Nov: 25 in 1007 Nov: 26 in 1008 Nov: 25 in 1009 Nov: 25 in 10010 Nov: 24 in 10011 Nov: 24 in 10012 Nov: 24 in 10013 Nov: 26 in 10014 Nov: 24 in 10015 Nov: 25 in 10016 Nov: 24 in 10017 Nov: 24 in 10018 Nov: 24 in 10019 Nov: 24 in 10020 Nov: 25 in 10021 Nov: 25 in 10022 Nov: 25 in 10023 Nov: 25 in 10024 Nov: 25 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 21,665 stories about harm among 87,045 counted on 24 Nov.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Bulgaria. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 87,045 stories, as usual. Mentions of outbreaks ran about three times their usual in South Korea's news. In Bulgaria, 40% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual. A year earlier, on 24 November 2020, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia64 in 100 of its 196 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen63 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Syria57 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan55 in 100 of its 276 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan54 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 824 Waukesha US82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 272 Delhi India60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 235 Glynn County US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 167 Charlottesville US45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: no storiesTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessPakistan: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: near the world's share or lessMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 42 in 100 of its 142 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Yemen: 63 in 100 of its 67 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Vietnam: 41 in 100 of its 199 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Guam: 52 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)US: 31 in 100 of its 23,432 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Thailand: 36 in 100 of its 193 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Syria: 57 in 100 of its 101 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Sudan: 54 in 100 of its 72 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Somalia: 53 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Slovakia: 53 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Seychelles: 67 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Rwanda: 59 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Philippines: 39 in 100 of its 669 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Nigeria: 34 in 100 of its 1,180 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Nicaragua: 57 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)New Zealand: 43 in 100 of its 626 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)North Macedonia: 56 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Lithuania: 43 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Israel: 43 in 100 of its 527 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Palestine: 42 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Iraq: 47 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Iran: 34 in 100 of its 268 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Haiti: 55 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Ethiopia: 64 in 100 of its 196 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Czechia: 49 in 100 of its 63 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Cuba: 45 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Colombia: 41 in 100 of its 133 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Central African Republic: 86 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Canada: 37 in 100 of its 2,262 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Cameroon: 42 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Cambodia: 52 in 100 of its 54 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Myanmar: 60 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Burkina Faso: 76 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Bulgaria: 40 in 100 of its 90 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Belarus: 41 in 100 of its 119 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Bangladesh: 45 in 100 of its 233 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Austria: 53 in 100 of its 108 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Afghanistan: 55 in 100 of its 276 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Kashmir: 51 in 100 of its 97 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Palestine: 42 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Palestine: 42 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Kashmir: 51 in 100 of its 97 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Kashmir: 51 in 100 of its 97 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Palestine: 42 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)Kashmir: 51 in 100 of its 97 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 25)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 25 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Ethiopia 64 in 100 of its 196 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Afghanistan 55 in 100 of its 276 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Syria 57 in 100 of its 101 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Yemen 63 in 100 of its 67 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Austria 53 in 100 of its 108 stories · mostly health ● Sudan 54 in 100 of its 72 stories · mostly rights & justice

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health54% 11,633 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 4,162 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,787 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,552 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 940 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 670 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 460 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 280 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 killed4,904 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,675 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,468 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,183 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees157 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations67 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Canada and China Stories reporting people falling ill17 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 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.