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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

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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 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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 lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra 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 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readHungary: 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 lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: too little coverage to readEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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 readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualChhattisgarh, India -- health: 18 stories, carried by 22 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 19 outletsMaryland, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsColorado, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 19 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 24 stories, carried by 15 outletsPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsNewbury, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 67 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 21 stories, carried by 13 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

● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Chhattisgarh India about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Bogota Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Maryland US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 24 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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