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15,431 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Kabul, flooding in Switzerland and protests in Beijing (China) drew the news. Afghanistan's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 59 in 100 of its 138 stories, usually 43
RegionCentral Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

81 of its 138 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Kabul accounted for 29 of Afghanistan's 81 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Switzerland

79 of its 318 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Flooding was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with hurricane, storms and snowstorms.

Switzerland over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

China

709 of its 1,940 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Beijing accounted for 323 of China's 709 stories about harm, carried by 454 outlets. 176 of Beijing's 323 stories were about protests or strikes.

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

Spain

112 of its 512 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Accidents were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Jenin accounted for 36 of Palestine's 68 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

27 of its 66 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Kyrgyzstan

13 of its 26 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Syria

70 of its 109 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Ethiopia

Tigray accounted for 21 of Ethiopia's 38 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Brazil (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Spain (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in United Arab Emirates (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Pakistan (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Dec. 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 15,431 stories about harm among 81,023 counted on 1 Dec.

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In Brazil's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 81,023 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Afghanistan. On 1 December 2021, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 19 today. Afghanistan stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 43%. Over November, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 in November 2021.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria64 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine57 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia54 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 45 · mostly health Lebanon41 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 29 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 323 Washington US86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 525 London UK56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 355 Guangzhou China26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 39 Jerusalem Israel25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93

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 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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualWindrush, UK -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsColombo, Sri Lanka -- health: 19 stories, carried by 13 outletsDelaware, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 15 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 20 outletsBelfast, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsGaza, Palestine -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsSaskatchewan, Canada -- 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

● Windrush UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Beirut Lebanon about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Colombo Sri Lanka about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Delaware US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 30 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health40% 6,055 stories · more than usual (usually 35%) Rights & justice23% 3,559 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 1,811 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Conflict & violence10% 1,464 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 947 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 678 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 510 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 216 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 killed3,352 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,276 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,183 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured639 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees117 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions89 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced87 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting evacuations46 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 softer than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.