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6,929 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 news turned to violence in Tripoli, protests in Lima (Peru) and rights and justice in Brussels. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostJersey 78 in 100 of its 90 stories, usually 19
RegionEurope 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Libya

60 of its 72 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tripoli accounted for 27 of Libya's 60 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Illness was named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Protests & strikes

Peru

25 of its 52 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Lima accounted for 19 of Peru's 25 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. 18 of Lima's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Shelter & services

Ukraine

181 of its 379 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Iran

74 of its 137 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tehran accounted for 48 of Iran's 74 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. 38 of Tehran's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

51 of its 89 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Kabul accounted for 22 of Afghanistan's 51 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories).

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Rights & justice

Italy

42 of its 157 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

UK

673 of its 2,438 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Extreme cold was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with snowstorms and house fires.

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Disasters & accidents

Jersey

70 of its 90 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

13 of its 16 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Ireland (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (47 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); extreme cold in UK (37 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); snowstorms in US (69 of its stories, about 4 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 11 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 6,929 stories about harm among 35,110 counted on 11 Dec.

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Libya stood out: 83% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 35,110 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Mexico's news, mentions of the hurricane ran more than ten times their usual. On 11 December 2021, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 20 today. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya83 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence Jersey78 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 19 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Iran54 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Peru48 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 31 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48 Los Angeles US38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 89 Washington US26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Mitrovica 25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 25 Lima Peru18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 19

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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 lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: too little coverage to readPapua 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: 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 lessEthiopia: too little coverage to readEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 readCyprus: 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: too little coverage to readDR 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 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readSweden: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualMerseyside, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 12 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia -- health: 13 stories, carried by 21 outletsMontreal, Canada -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 35 outletsRochester, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 81 outletsMelbourne, Australia -- health: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsBelgrade, -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 124 outletsMoscow, Russia -- rights & justice: 60 stories, carried by 60 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

● Merseyside UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Riyadh Saudi Arabia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Montreal Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Rochester US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 2,126 stories · much less than usual (usually 36%) Rights & justice24% 1,649 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 1,223 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Conflict & violence12% 790 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 355 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 307 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 295 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 116 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 killed1,719 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests642 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected543 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured448 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees59 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions57 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced42 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations40 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Jersey and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill5 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 harsher 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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