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What the world's news said happened to people.
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19,605 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 Khartoum (Sudan), the earthquake in Peru and refugees in Congo. Sudan's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 63 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSouth Africa 64 in 100 of its 1,878 stories, usually 38
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 49 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

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

32 of its 35 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Khartoum accounted for 17 of Sudan's 32 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. 10 of Khartoum's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Disasters & accidents

Peru

43 of its 89 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Earthquake was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tsunami.

Peru over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Congo

13 of its 18 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Australia

668 of its 2,031 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Georgia

34 of its 43 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tbilisi accounted for 32 of Georgia's 34 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. 30 of Tbilisi's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

434 of its 1,058 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. HIV was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Burkina Faso

13 of its 14 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. 4 of Ouagadougou's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Türkiye

Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories). Storms were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

South Africa

1,195 of its 1,878 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Macao

19 of its 32 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: storms in Türkiye (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Spain (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hiv in Nigeria (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in UK (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in US (26 of its stories, about three times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 19,605 stories about harm among 72,280 counted on 29 Nov.

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Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about twice the usual rate. For the second day running, the news turned to Sudan. Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 72,280 stories, above the usual 25. Sudan's news was 91% about people being harmed, against a usual 66%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Africa64 in 100 of its 1,878 stories · usually 38 · mostly health Botswana59 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 38 · mostly health Philippines52 in 100 of its 612 stories · usually 42 · mostly health Ethiopia52 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq52 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 683 Delhi India47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 238 Tbilisi Georgia30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 32 Beijing China28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 132 London UK28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 363

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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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 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 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: too little coverage to readHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-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: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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 lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: 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 readLaos: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualRhode Island, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 16 outletsHunterdon County, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsPetersburg, Russia -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsMiddlesbrough, UK -- health: 21 stories, carried by 12 outletsHindustan, India -- health: 12 stories, carried by 97 outletsCumbria, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 46 stories, carried by 26 outletsDakar, Senegal -- health: 14 stories, carried by 21 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

● Rhode Island US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Hunterdon County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Petersburg Russia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Middlesbrough UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Hindustan India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health63% 12,226 stories · much more than usual (usually 55%) Rights & justice15% 2,995 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents8% 1,588 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence5% 1,031 stories · less than usual (usually 8%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given2% 480 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 454 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 431 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 262 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 killed3,516 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,198 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,167 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured765 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced106 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions84 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations77 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.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout two-thirds of usual
● Feara little more than 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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