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15,553 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 rights and justice in Kathmandu, protests in Tehran (Iran) and the covid in North Korea. Nepal's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNepal 51 in 100 of its 87 stories, usually 28
RegionNorth America 26 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

44 of its 87 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kathmandu accounted for 41 of Nepal's 44 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Iran

133 of its 219 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 67 of Iran's 133 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. 38 of Tehran's 67 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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Uganda

44 of its 80 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kampala accounted for 26 of Uganda's 44 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Gambia

31 of its 52 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Banjul accounted for 19 of the Gambia's 31 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Bahamas

50 of its 204 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 20 of Nassau's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Venezuela

20 of its 42 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

110 of its 310 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 65 of Malaysia's 110 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets.

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Rights & justice

Cameroon

8 of its 17 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: covid in India (349 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (57 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); respiratory illness in China (36 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); extreme cold in US (302 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in Ukraine (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 15,553 stories about harm among 72,631 counted on 22 Dec.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 29 September 2022. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 72,631 stories, above the usual 19. It was the second day running that the news turned to Nepal. In India's news, mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual. On 22 December 2021, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iran61 in 100 of its 219 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Gambia60 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Uganda55 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice Syria54 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal51 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 28 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 485 Tehran Iran38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 67 Kabul Afghanistan33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 62 Moscow Russia33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129 London UK29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualLachin, Azerbaijan -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 17 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 15 stories, carried by 40 outletsAccra, Ghana -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 22 outletsBakhmut, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 69 stories, carried by 182 outletsBannu, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 14 outletsIdaho, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsAlabama, US -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 73 outletsGwent, UK -- health: 17 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

● Ukraine warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Lachin Azerbaijan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Bakhmut Ukraine about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 69 stories ● Bannu Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 29 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health35% 5,410 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 3,445 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Rights & justice19% 2,938 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence8% 1,287 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Shelter & services5% 739 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 735 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 553 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 259 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 killed3,132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,408 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,328 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured567 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting refugees193 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced113 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations44 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill9 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 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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