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16,343 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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Flooding in Belize, people displaced in Pyongyang and protests in Awali (Bahrain) drew the news. Ethiopia's coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBahrain 47 in 100 of its 89 stories, usually 17
RegionCentral Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Belize

31 of its 39 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Belize City accounted for 28 of Belize's 31 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms, storm surge and heavy rain.

Belize over 30 days → its stories → Belize City stories →
Displacement

North Korea

63 of its 184 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Pyongyang accounted for 55 of North Korea's 63 stories about harm, carried by 284 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Pakistan

82 of Islamabad's 140 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

10 of Riyadh's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Cholera was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flu. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (42 stories). Accidents were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 68 of Iran's 144 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. 55 of Tehran's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Liberia

14 of its 24 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: storms in South Sudan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in France (16 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); accidents in Ukraine (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in China (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Russia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Nov. 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 16,343 stories about harm among 84,086 counted on 3 Nov.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Belize. of the day's 84,086 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Belize stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. Mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual in Belize's news. A year earlier, on 3 November 2021, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine61 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Iran57 in 100 of its 252 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir49 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan48 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Bahrain47 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 17 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 546 Islamabad Pakistan82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Tehran Iran55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68 Moscow Russia49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147 San Francisco US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 158

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 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: 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 lessSwitzerland: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: 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 readKazakhstan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: 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: 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 lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTigray, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 72 stories, carried by 110 outletsColorado, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsMontana, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 18 outletsAwali, Bahrain -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 78 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 16 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

● Tigray Ethiopia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 72 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Awali Bahrain about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 27 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 28 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health36% 5,767 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 3,567 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,133 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,754 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood8% 1,329 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 660 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 555 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 380 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 killed3,357 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,522 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,467 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured788 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced205 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ethiopia and Ukraine Stories reporting evacuations161 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and North Korea Stories reporting refugees160 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions124 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about a third of 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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