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22,999 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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People killed in Peru, protests in Almaty (Kazakhstan) and violence in Tigray drew the news. Kazakhstan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada →
Part of lifeHealth 60 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPeru 50 in 100 of its 76 stories, usually 27
RegionCentral Asia 60 in 100 of its stories, usually 43
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 →
Health

Peru

38 of its 76 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Flu was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Kazakhstan

377 of its 603 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Almaty accounted for 269 of Kazakhstan's 377 stories about harm, carried by 368 outlets. 205 of Almaty's 269 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Kazakhstan over 30 days → its stories → Almaty stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

61 of its 95 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tigray accounted for 42 of Ethiopia's 61 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
Rights & justice

Bahamas

70 of its 150 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 28 of Sudan's 31 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 26 of Khartoum's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

India

1,540 of its 3,783 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Tsunami was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Haiti

47 of its 60 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Laboule accounted for 41 of Haiti's 47 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cuba

6 of Havana's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Nigeria

23 of Lagos' 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Respiratory illness was named in 10 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

Tunisia

24 of its 37 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tunis accounted for 19 of Tunisia's 24 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Hong Kong (28 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Ecuador (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Indonesia (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tsunami in Switzerland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Pakistan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

29 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 Jan. 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 22,999 stories about harm among 78,655 counted on 7 Jan.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. of the day's 78,655 news stories, 29 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 28. Hong Kong's news mentioned outbreaks about 5 times as often as usual. Peru's news was 50% about people being harmed, against a usual 27%. A year earlier, on 7 January 2021, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 29 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti78 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar75 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 69 · mostly rights & justice Ethiopia64 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Kazakhstan63 in 100 of its 603 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines60 in 100 of its 621 stories · usually 52 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US393 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1081 Almaty Kazakhstan205 stories about protests or strikes, of its 269 Hollywood US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 352 Chicago US71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231 Moscow Russia52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109

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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: 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 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: 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 readCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readChad: too little coverage to readCentral 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualFerozepur, India -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 26 outletsSalem, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 17 outletsKansas, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 22 outletsHaryana, India -- health: 17 stories, carried by 18 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 17 outletsWest Midlands, UK -- health: 31 stories, carried by 34 outletsColchester, UK -- health: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsLamu, Kenya -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 12 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

● Bahamas warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Ferozepur India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 30 stories ● Salem US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Kansas US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Haryana India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Beirut Lebanon about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health60% 13,691 stories · about as usual Rights & justice14% 3,298 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 2,313 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,598 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 657 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 632 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 476 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 184 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 killed4,878 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,528 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,525 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,183 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions122 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees97 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia Stories reporting evacuations88 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced83 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia Stories reporting people falling ill48 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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