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What the world's news said happened to people.
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13,069 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 protests in Beijing (China), violence in Kyiv and landslides in Italy. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostChina 39 in 100 of its 2,442 stories, usually 25
RegionEast Asia 30 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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Protests & strikes

China

952 of its 2,442 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 243 of Beijing's 333 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (82 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

China over 30 days → its stories → Beijing stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

289 of its 607 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kyiv accounted for 144 of Ukraine's 289 stories about harm, carried by 318 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Extreme cold was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

Ischia accounted for 57 of Italy's 83 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Landslides were named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with flooding and earthquake. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Somalia

91 of its 104 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Mogadishu accounted for 83 of Somalia's 91 stories about harm, carried by 191 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 76 of Israel's 167 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 68 of Iran's 140 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. 54 of Tehran's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Trinidad & Tobago

30 of its 61 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Caroni accounted for 19 of Trinidad & Tobago's 30 stories about harm, carried by 3 outlets.

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Health

Spain

73 of its 346 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Measles was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

United Arab Emirates

41 of its 263 stories (16%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (22 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Cameroon (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Spain (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (17 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); volcanic eruption in US (172 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Australia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 13,069 stories about harm among 65,995 counted on 28 Nov.

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For the third day running, the news turned to China. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 65,995 stories, as usual. On 28 November 2021, a year earlier, the share was 28 in every 100, against 20 today. In China, 39% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia88 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Trinidad & Tobago49 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents Ukraine48 in 100 of its 607 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine43 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia43 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 45 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China243 stories about protests or strikes, of its 333 Shanghai China225 stories about protests or strikes, of its 264 Washington US83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 411 Tehran Iran54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68 London UK43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 209

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: 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 lessSpain: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNiger: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: 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 readCyprus: 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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: too little coverage to readChad: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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): 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualWisconsin, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 16 outletsMassachusetts, US -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 14 outletsNairobi, Kenya -- health: 21 stories, carried by 12 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 43 stories, carried by 53 outletsMontreal, Canada -- health: 23 stories, carried by 29 outletsNorthumbria, UK -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 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

● Wisconsin US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Massachusetts US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Nairobi Kenya about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Cambridge UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 43 stories ● Montreal Canada 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 →

Health38% 4,899 stories · more than usual (usually 35%) Rights & justice23% 3,004 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 1,744 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,321 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 618 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 598 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 494 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 197 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 killed3,110 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,296 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,174 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured855 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced97 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions96 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations61 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill10 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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