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15,275 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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Rights and justice in Kathmandu, protests in Tehran (Iran) and storms in Thailand drew the news. Nepal's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGambia 60 in 100 of its 52 stories, usually 33
RegionNorth America 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Rights & justice

Nepal

42 of its 94 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Kathmandu accounted for 35 of Nepal's 42 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (16 stories). Poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

116 of its 228 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tehran accounted for 55 of Iran's 116 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. 39 of Tehran's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Thailand

65 of its 151 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Storms were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 15 of Yemen's 20 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

107 of its 301 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Flooding was named in 38 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with drownings.

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Disasters & accidents

Canada

520 of its 1,841 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Snowstorms were named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with extreme cold, storms and hypothermia.

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Rights & justice

Gambia

31 of its 52 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (19 stories).

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Antigua & Barbuda

5 of its 10 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

Rwanda

30 of its 51 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Kigali accounted for 20 of Rwanda's 30 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets.

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Health

China

Respiratory illness was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Malaysia (38 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Indonesia (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Israel (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in US (634 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (52 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 21 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 15,275 stories about harm among 74,671 counted on 21 Dec.

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Mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual in Malaysia's news. of the day's 74,671 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. A year earlier, on 21 December 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Nepal's news was 45% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria62 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Gambia60 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice Rwanda59 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 49 · mostly health Palestine56 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Iran51 in 100 of its 228 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 522 London UK45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 209 Tehran Iran39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 55 Kabul Afghanistan26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 75 Jerusalem Israel25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. 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: too little coverage to readDR 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 21 outletsLachin, Azerbaijan -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 24 outletsDidcot, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsUtah, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsWisconsin, US -- disasters & accidents: 28 stories, carried by 37 outletsDansadau, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsBannu, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 46 stories, carried by 32 outletsKigali, Rwanda -- health: 20 stories, carried by 40 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

● Baghdad Iraq about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Lachin Azerbaijan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Didcot UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Utah US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Wisconsin US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 28 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health35% 5,284 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,080 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Rights & justice20% 3,008 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence9% 1,340 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Food & livelihood5% 742 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 709 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 564 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 313 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 killed3,425 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,483 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,382 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured762 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees208 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced151 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations50 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about one and a half times 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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