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6,702 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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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Kyiv, deaths in Kampala and a disaster in Beirut. Uganda's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUganda 74 in 100 of its 70 stories, usually 40
RegionCentral Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

217 of its 447 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kyiv accounted for 140 of Ukraine's 217 stories about harm, carried by 331 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (114 stories). Illness was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Uganda

52 of its 70 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kampala accounted for 47 of Uganda's 52 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Disasters & accidents

Lebanon

26 of its 45 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Beirut accounted for 22 of Lebanon's 26 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories).

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Shelter & services

Philippines

113 of its 292 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Power cuts were named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Brazil

81 of its 231 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Brasilia accounted for 61 of Brazil's 81 stories about harm, carried by 255 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

42 of its 67 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

30 of its 78 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

191 of its 483 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

118 of its 380 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Romania

30 of its 45 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Ireland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Australia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in US (38 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 1 Jan. 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 6,702 stories about harm among 30,971 counted on 1 Jan.

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The Philippines' news mentioned power cuts more than ten times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 30,971 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. For the second day running, the news turned to Ukraine. A year earlier, on 1 January 2022, 31 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Ukraine's news was 49% about people being harmed, against a usual 37%. This week the news turned most often to Lebanon, on 3 of 7 days. Over December, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 in December 2021.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Uganda74 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 40 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Kashmir63 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Iran52 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan50 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine49 in 100 of its 447 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 172 Times Square US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 79 Brasilia Brazil25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61 Tehran Iran19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 26 London UK18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98

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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: 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 lessSweden: too little coverage to readEswatini: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: 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: 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: too little coverage to readGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readPeru: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualLittle Rock, US -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 26 outletsHouston, US -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 62 outletsMelbourne, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsBrasilia, Brazil -- conflict & violence: 61 stories, carried by 255 outletsBannu, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 21 outletsDublin, Ireland -- health: 27 stories, carried by 30 outletsLondon, UK -- health: 98 stories, carried by 233 outletsSydney, Australia -- health: 37 stories, carried by 239 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

● Little Rock US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● Houston US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Melbourne Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Brasilia Brazil about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 61 stories ● Bannu Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 2,166 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 1,343 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents16% 1,086 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 891 stories · more than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 474 stories · more than usual (usually 5%) Food & livelihood5% 301 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 240 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 114 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 killed1,927 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests740 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured630 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people affected582 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees68 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced61 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions51 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations41 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 harsher than 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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