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What the world's news said happened to people.
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17,815 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 flooding in Brazil, violence in Khartoum and illness in Dhaka. Russia's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 60 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 52 in 100 of its 164 stories, usually 24
RegionCentral Asia 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Brazil

85 of its 164 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Bahia accounted for 43 of Brazil's 85 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Flooding was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with heavy rain.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Bahia stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

38 of its 42 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Khartoum accounted for 20 of Sudan's 38 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Health

Bangladesh

96 of its 187 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Dhaka accounted for 46 of Bangladesh's 96 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Rights & justice

Russia

Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Poisoning was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Yemen

51 of its 70 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Sanaa accounted for 42 of Yemen's 51 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Egypt

70 of its 210 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Illness was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Ghana

94 of its 246 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Health

Trinidad & Tobago

28 of its 54 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Israel

234 of its 477 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jerusalem accounted for 104 of Israel's 234 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flu and bird flu.

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Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

133 of its 302 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 70 of Malaysia's 133 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Egypt (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Israel (50 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Syria (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Malaysia (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

30 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 17,815 stories about harm among 60,335 counted on 28 Dec.

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The news turned to Brazil for the second day running. Brazil's news was 52% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. of the day's 60,335 news stories, 30 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 27. On 28 December 2020, a year earlier, the share was 29 in every 100, against 30 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar88 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen73 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia58 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines52 in 100 of its 610 stories · usually 50 · mostly health Trinidad & Tobago52 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 36 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 334 Washington US94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 625 Moscow Russia39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 127 Cape Town South Africa36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83 New York US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 331

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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: 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 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 lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. 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: too little coverage to readDR 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualGuinea-Bissau: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualArizona, US -- rights & justice: 42 stories, carried by 21 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 12 stories, carried by 30 outletsNebraska, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsKolkata, India -- health: 45 stories, carried by 127 outletsSwindon, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsPetersburg, Russia -- health: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsHaridwar, India -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 11 outletsCape Town, South Africa -- rights & justice: 83 stories, carried by 103 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

● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 42 stories ● Geneva Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Nebraska US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Kolkata India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 45 stories ● Swindon UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health60% 10,614 stories · more than usual (usually 58%) Rights & justice13% 2,374 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 1,987 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,181 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 602 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 394 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 308 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 190 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 killed4,083 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,163 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,108 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced128 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations90 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions87 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees85 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines

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.