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23,544 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 oil spill in Peru, protests in Baku (Azerbaijan) and deaths in Monrovia. Azerbaijan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 58 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPeru 55 in 100 of its 86 stories, usually 33
RegionOceania 36 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

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Peru

47 of its 86 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Lima accounted for 36 of Peru's 47 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Oil spill was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Protests & strikes

Azerbaijan

50 of its 132 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 18 of Baku's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories → Baku stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Liberia

42 of its 98 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Monrovia accounted for 36 of Liberia's 42 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Liberia over 30 days → its stories → Monrovia stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

65 of its 89 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

UK

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). HIV was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with malaria and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 35 of Sudan's 43 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. 31 of Khartoum's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

127 of its 244 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

French Polynesia

10 of its 16 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 72 of Afghanistan's 132 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in Cuba (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Spain (27 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in France (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in UK (21 of its stories, about three times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 23,544 stories about harm among 90,690 counted on 20 Jan.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 17 December 2021. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 26 in every 100 of the day's 90,690 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 29. In Peru, 55% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tonga88 in 100 of its 288 stories · usually 86 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria73 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen64 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 230 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia57 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US217 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1050 Khartoum Sudan31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 35 Chicago US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Delhi India29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 237 Kabul Afghanistan27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 72

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 lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPapua 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 readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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 readGhana: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: 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: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrench Polynesia: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualMoorea, French Polynesia -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 63 outletsNew Mexico, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsPonte Vedra, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 24 outletsTigray, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 23 outletsPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsMontreal, Canada -- health: 23 stories, carried by 25 outletsCheltenham, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsSussex, UK -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 22 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

● Ethiopia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Moorea French Polynesia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● New Mexico US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Ponte Vedra US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Tigray Ethiopia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 28 stories ● Phnom Penh Cambodia 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 →

Health58% 13,507 stories · about as usual Rights & justice16% 3,713 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 2,509 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,516 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 696 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 672 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 454 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 247 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 killed4,888 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,626 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,499 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,041 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting abductions409 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting refugees114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced112 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations85 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Tonga

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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