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12,931 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 protests in Tu Hieu (Vietnam), rights and justice in Kabul and illness in Kwai Chung. Afghanistan's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 53 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostSyria 89 in 100 of its 76 stories, usually 55
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Vietnam

110 of its 197 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 16 of Tu Hieu's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (51 stories). Drownings were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Tu Hieu stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

115 of its 186 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Kabul accounted for 48 of Afghanistan's 115 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Health

Hong Kong

32 of its 50 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Kwai Chung accounted for 24 of Hong Kong's 32 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Kwai Chung stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Syria

68 of its 76 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Mexico

89 of its 198 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

145 of its 175 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Singapore

43 of its 104 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Pakistan

223 of its 522 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Storms were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Japan

93 of its 410 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Earthquake was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Colombia (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); oil spill in Russia (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Japan (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Australia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 12,931 stories about harm among 47,245 counted on 22 Jan.

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Mentions of oil spill ran more than ten times their usual in Russia's news. of the day's 47,245 news stories, 27 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 29. On 22 January 2021, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 27 today. Vietnam's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 39%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tonga91 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 86 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria89 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen83 in 100 of its 175 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong64 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Afghanistan62 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 502 Chicago US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124 Manhattan US17 stories about protests or strikes, of its 118 London UK16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Tu Hieu Vietnam16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 24

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: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: 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 lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualTu Hieu, Vietnam -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 108 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsColchester, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsSan Antonio, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsArizona, US -- health: 23 stories, carried by 36 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- health: 22 stories, carried by 14 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

● Vietnam warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Tu Hieu Vietnam about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Colchester UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● San Antonio US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Arizona US 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 →

Health53% 6,791 stories · much less than usual (usually 59%) Rights & justice16% 2,081 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 1,577 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,230 stories · more than usual (usually 7%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 422 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 287 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 272 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 152 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 killed3,269 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests986 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected887 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured856 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions147 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced93 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees69 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations63 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China

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.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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.