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24,325 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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Most of the day's attention went to helicopter crash in Azerbaijan, violence in Jammu and illness in Seoul. Kashmir's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 62 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostGreece 48 in 100 of its 225 stories, usually 30
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 43 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 →
Disasters & accidents

Azerbaijan

41 of its 90 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Uganda

54 of its 100 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Sri Lanka

55 of its 131 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Honduras

31 of its 65 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 23 of Honduras' 31 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets.

its stories →
Health

Philippines

313 of its 632 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Malawi

28 of its 69 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 3 of Lilongwe's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Health

Germany

Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: power cuts in UK (77 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Canada (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 26 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Dec. 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 24,325 stories about harm among 91,893 counted on 1 Dec.

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Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 26 in every 100 of the day's 91,893 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 25. For the second day running, the news turned to Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan stood out: 46% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%. On 1 December 2020, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 26 today. Over November, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Kashmir68 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Botswana60 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 40 · mostly health Uganda54 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia54 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence South Africa53 in 100 of its 1,305 stories · usually 40 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1123 Kenosha US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 105 Lagos Nigeria40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 97 London UK34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 332 Paris France32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 116

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: 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: 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 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: 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 lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: 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 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: too little coverage to readIraq: 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 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: 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 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 readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualTegucigalpa, Honduras -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 94 outletsMaine, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 16 outletsArizona, US -- health: 29 stories, carried by 29 outletsAmman, Jordan -- health: 18 stories, carried by 14 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- health: 11 stories, carried by 16 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 32 outletsHoniara, Solomon Islands -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 42 stories, carried by 127 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

● Romania warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Tegucigalpa Honduras about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 23 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 29 stories ● Amman Jordan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health62% 14,956 stories · much more than usual (usually 55%) Rights & justice15% 3,730 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents7% 1,782 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,416 stories · less than usual (usually 8%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 679 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 660 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 586 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 314 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 killed4,918 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,560 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,429 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,357 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations118 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced96 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia Stories reporting abductions85 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill14 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
● Griefa little less than 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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