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15,574 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 Moscow, people killed in Kuwait and protests in Tehran (Iran). Kuwait's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPoland 74 in 100 of its 677 stories, usually 24
RegionEurope 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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

Russia

456 of its 1,123 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Moscow accounted for 218 of Russia's 456 stories about harm, carried by 379 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (326 stories). Power cuts were named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Rights & justice

Kuwait

19 of its 60 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Poland

499 of its 677 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Przewodow accounted for 151 of Poland's 499 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (480 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

582 of its 1,014 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kyiv accounted for 260 of Ukraine's 582 stories about harm, carried by 647 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (435 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Guyana

13 of its 39 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

Oman

17 of its 82 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Health

Zambia

11 of its 32 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Kashmir

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in South Korea (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in Canada (31 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in South Africa (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in UK (20 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); landslides in US (31 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 15,574 stories about harm among 82,675 counted on 16 Nov.

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In Canada's news, mentions of respiratory illness ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 82,675 stories, as usual. On 16 November 2021, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 19 today. In Russia, 41% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Poland74 in 100 of its 677 stories · usually 24 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine57 in 100 of its 1,014 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Iran51 in 100 of its 366 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Palestine48 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Uganda46 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 46 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 560 Kyiv Ukraine86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 Tehran Iran60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88 Sharm el-Sheikh Egypt32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74 Kherson Ukraine32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 81

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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 lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: 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: 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: 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 readCuba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: 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 readArgentina: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 12 stories, carried by 29 outletsNashville, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsBlacksmith Fork Canyon, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 77 outletsBerkshire, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 15 stories, carried by 19 outletsMandai, Singapore -- health: 14 stories, carried by 24 outletsVienna, Austria -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 15 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

● Geneva Switzerland about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Nashville US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Blacksmith Fork Canyon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Berkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 5,650 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 3,202 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,941 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 1,722 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Food & livelihood7% 1,141 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 952 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 553 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 210 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 killed4,101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,260 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,172 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured765 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced122 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions98 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations40 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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