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11,370 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 day's news pointed at rights and justice in Kabul, violence in Bamako and protests in Almaty (Kazakhstan). Kazakhstan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate, most often about the US and Nigeria → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 9 times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 50 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostTonga 94 in 100 of its 236 stories, usually 58
RegionCentral Asia 73 in 100 of its stories, usually 53
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

Afghanistan

89 of its 154 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Kabul accounted for 69 of Afghanistan's 89 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Illness was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

37 of its 59 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Bamako accounted for 30 of Mali's 37 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
Protests & strikes

Kazakhstan

50 of its 63 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Almaty accounted for 28 of Kazakhstan's 50 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. 22 of Almaty's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Kazakhstan over 30 days → its stories → Almaty stories →
Disasters & accidents

Tonga

221 of its 236 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (21 stories). Drownings were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with cyclone.

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

Somalia

40 of its 44 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Mogadishu accounted for 35 of Somalia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Jordan

41 of its 114 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Peru

22 of its 44 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Health

Austria

37 of its 57 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Vienna accounted for 30 of Austria's 37 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

103 of its 318 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

111 of its 227 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Cyclone was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: drownings in Peru (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (28 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); snowstorms in US (327 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in India (17 of its stories, about 5 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 16 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 11,370 stories about harm among 39,087 counted on 16 Jan.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 9 times the usual rate. of the day's 39,087 news stories, 29 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Abductions were reported at more than ten times the usual rate, most often about the US and Nigeria. Mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual in Peru's news. In Afghanistan, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 51% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Kazakhstan, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tonga94 in 100 of its 236 stories · usually 58 · mostly disasters & accidents Kazakhstan79 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Austria65 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 33 · mostly health Mali63 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Colleyville US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 556 Washington US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 365 Kabul Afghanistan24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 69 Paris France22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48 Delhi India22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199

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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: 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: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUK: warmth about its own usualTonga: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualSussex, UK -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 37 outletsOrlando, US -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 24 outletsMichigan, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 16 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 21 stories, carried by 11 outletsMilan, Italy -- health: 12 stories, carried by 63 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsAmman, Jordan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 18 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 13 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

● Sussex UK about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 29 stories ● Orlando US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories ● Michigan US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Glasgow UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Milan Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health50% 5,596 stories · much less than usual (usually 60%) Rights & justice18% 2,012 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents17% 1,884 stories · much more than usual (usually 11%) Conflict & violence8% 876 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given2% 278 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 259 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 236 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 133 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 killed2,419 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected762 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests676 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions622 at more than ten times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people injured415 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations107 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people displaced49 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees39 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and Pakistan Stories reporting people falling ill5 at about half the usual rate · most about the US

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 harsher than 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.