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12,095 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 Bucharest (Romania), a disaster in Poipet and arrests in Syria. Syria's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRomania 65 in 100 of its 348 stories, usually 8
RegionCentral Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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

Romania

225 of its 348 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Bucharest accounted for 127 of Romania's 225 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. 87 of Bucharest's 127 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories).

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cambodia

51 of its 81 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Poipet accounted for 36 of Cambodia's 51 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Poipet stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

71 of its 86 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Bolivia

22 of its 27 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. la Paz accounted for 18 of Bolivia's 22 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. 17 of la Paz's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 133 of Ukraine's 262 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Extreme cold was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hurricane. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 34 of Iran's 72 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 21 of Tehran's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

13 of its 16 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Health

Indonesia

70 of its 134 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Covid was named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Tunisia

12 of its 25 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Indonesia (47 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in Ukraine (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in UK (57 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in India (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 12,095 stories about harm among 55,450 counted on 30 Dec.

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Romania's news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 8%. of the day's 55,450 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Indonesia's news mentioned Covid about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 30 December 2021, 30 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria83 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Romania65 in 100 of its 348 stories · usually 8 · mostly rights & justice Cambodia63 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents Ethiopia56 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia52 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 40 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Bucharest Romania87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 127 Washington US79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 363 London UK58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 257 Jerusalem Israel36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 73 Kyiv Ukraine28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 133

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: too little coverage to readJapan: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readRwanda: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualSalem, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsIdaho, US -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 14 outletsAccra, Ghana -- food & livelihood: 10 stories, carried by 16 outletsIslamabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 67 stories, carried by 43 outletsLondon, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 257 stories, carried by 695 outletsHarare, Zimbabwe -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsTigray, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 18 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

● Salem US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Idaho US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Bamako Mali about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 10 stories ● Islamabad Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 67 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health35% 4,193 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 2,787 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 1,994 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,040 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 643 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 564 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 521 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 190 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 killed3,117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,387 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected1,109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured639 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions121 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees110 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced100 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations75 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill7 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
● Griefa little more 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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