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20,790 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 violence in Tigray, the cyclone in Mozambique and people displaced in Batken. Ethiopia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 55 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostEthiopia 74 in 100 of its 82 stories, usually 57
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Ethiopia

61 of its 82 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tigray accounted for 47 of Ethiopia's 61 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Hunger was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

27 of its 31 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Cyclone was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with flooding and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Kyrgyzstan

35 of its 54 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Batken accounted for 25 of Kyrgyzstan's 35 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kyrgyzstan over 30 days → its stories → Batken stories →
Protests & strikes

Canada

131 of Ottawa's 185 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Tajikistan

20 of its 30 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

16 of its 26 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 30 of Bangladesh's 59 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Kiribati

18 of its 19 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Outbreaks were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

89 of its 118 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

33 of its 68 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Kiribati (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Peru (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Malawi (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Sri Lanka (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Australia (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 20,790 stories about harm among 83,945 counted on 28 Jan.

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Mentions of outbreaks ran more than ten times their usual in Kiribati's news. of the day's 83,945 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 28. Ethiopia stood out: 74% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 57%. A year earlier, on 28 January 2021, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria75 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia74 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen72 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar70 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Burkina Faso69 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 773 Ottawa Canada131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185 Los Angeles US38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 161 London UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 320 Kenosha US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 45

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: 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 lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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 readOman: 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: too little coverage to readWestern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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 readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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: 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readTonga: warmth about its own usualTajikistan: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualSokoto, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsBasingstoke, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 14 outletsMontana, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 17 outletsOrlando, US -- health: 54 stories, carried by 63 outletsBrighton, UK -- health: 25 stories, carried by 19 outletsGreat Barrier Reef, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 21 stories, carried by 30 outletsAmsterdam, Netherlands -- health: 17 stories, carried by 18 outletsKampala, Uganda -- health: 13 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

● Kyrgyzstan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Sokoto Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Basingstoke UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Orlando US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 54 stories ● Brighton UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 25 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health55% 11,243 stories · less than usual (usually 58%) Rights & justice16% 3,269 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 2,548 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,435 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 718 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 601 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 524 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 256 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 killed4,481 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,492 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,408 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured934 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced137 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions108 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees91 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations79 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Japan and the US Stories reporting people falling ill23 at about the usual rate

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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