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15,638 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 news turned to drownings in Bangladesh, people injured in Uganda and protests in Khartoum (Sudan). Bangladesh's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 62 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBangladesh 74 in 100 of its 284 stories, usually 40
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

209 of its 284 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Dhaka accounted for 141 of Bangladesh's 209 stories about harm, carried by 392 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Drownings were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Health

Uganda

33 of its 54 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Malaysia

155 of its 298 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

South Korea

119 of its 342 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Seoul accounted for 74 of South Korea's 119 stories about harm, carried by 247 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Health

Nigeria

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Accidents were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Ecuador

24 of its 27 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

58 of its 111 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →
Health

United Arab Emirates

39 of its 133 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Philippines (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Russia (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in Australia (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); accidents in Nigeria (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Canada (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

28 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 15,638 stories about harm among 55,523 counted on 24 Dec.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 19 September 2021. Stories about people being harmed made up 28 in every 100 of the day's 55,523 stories, above the usual 26. Mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual in Bangladesh's news. In Bangladesh, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 40% is usual. A year earlier, on 24 December 2020, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 28 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bangladesh74 in 100 of its 284 stories · usually 40 · mostly disasters & accidents Uganda61 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 38 · mostly health Trinidad & Tobago58 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 35 · mostly health Palestine55 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Syria55 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 539 Beijing China61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138 Madison County US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 38 Delhi India23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 268 Khartoum Sudan18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 21

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-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 lessTaiwan: 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: 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 lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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 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 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: 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 lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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 readAngola: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessUK: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualAnantnag, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsSussex, UK -- health: 25 stories, carried by 137 outletsIowa, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 45 stories, carried by 37 outletsMichigan, US -- health: 25 stories, carried by 24 outletsAl Dhafra, United Arab Emirates -- health: 10 stories, carried by 101 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 18 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

● Ireland warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Anantnag Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Sussex UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 25 stories ● Iowa US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Cambridge UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 45 stories ● Michigan US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 25 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health62% 9,555 stories · more than usual (usually 58%) Rights & justice13% 1,963 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents11% 1,689 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 993 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 450 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 352 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 279 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 225 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 killed3,484 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests966 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured900 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting people displaced108 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations89 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees82 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting abductions69 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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