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What the world's news said happened to people.
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19,468 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 violence in Khartoum, people injured in Ukraine and a disaster in Kuala Lumpur. Sudan'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 62 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostHong Kong 70 in 100 of its 249 stories, usually 34
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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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Conflict & violence

Sudan

53 of its 61 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Khartoum accounted for 24 of Sudan's 53 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Ukraine

56 of its 132 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Russia

246 of its 831 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories →
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Health

United Arab Emirates

83 of its 322 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Dubai accounted for 71 of the United Arab Emirates' 83 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Brazil

56 of its 166 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Flooding was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain.

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Health

India

1,364 of its 3,632 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Poisoning was named in 38 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with food poisoning and road crashes.

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Rights & justice

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 55 of Afghanistan's 97 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Outbreaks were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

8 of Tigray's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Brazil (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Syria (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in Greece (16 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); flu in Israel (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (37 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 29 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 19,468 stories about harm among 65,340 counted on 29 Dec.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 11 September 2021. For the second day running, the news turned to Sudan. Stories about people being harmed made up 30 in every 100 of the day's 65,340 stories, above the usual 27. Sudan's news was 87% about people being harmed, against a usual 65%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan87 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar84 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong70 in 100 of its 249 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice South Africa51 in 100 of its 560 stories · usually 52 · mostly health Afghanistan50 in 100 of its 195 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 719 Moscow Russia51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 157 Delhi India43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 274 London UK37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 259 Beijing China34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-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: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 readArgentina: 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: 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): 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readHong Kong: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualKatsina, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsYucca Mountain, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 28 outletsSussex, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 13 outletsMaryland, US -- health: 22 stories, carried by 36 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- health: 23 stories, carried by 11 outletsColchester, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsMelbourne, Australia -- health: 50 stories, carried by 43 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

● Katsina Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Yucca Mountain US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Sussex UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Maryland US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health62% 11,956 stories · more than usual (usually 58%) Rights & justice14% 2,732 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,927 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,150 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 560 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 391 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 373 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 173 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 killed4,383 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,364 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,212 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,110 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees81 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Indonesia and the US Stories reporting abductions79 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations70 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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