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15,169 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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Protests in Brasilia (Brazil), violence in Rajouri and rights and justice in Bucharest drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India →
Part of lifeHealth 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRomania 53 in 100 of its 246 stories, usually 24
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Brazil

264 of its 603 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Brasilia accounted for 139 of Brazil's 264 stories about harm, carried by 253 outlets. 129 of Brasilia's 139 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (136 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Brasilia stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

55 of its 98 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Rajouri accounted for 25 of Kashmir's 55 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Rajouri stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

94 of its 192 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Earthquake was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tsunami. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Peru

81 of its 105 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Juliaca accounted for 63 of Peru's 81 stories about harm, carried by 202 outlets. 61 of Juliaca's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

198 of its 299 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tehran accounted for 105 of Iran's 198 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. 78 of Tehran's 105 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

33 of its 48 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Sanaa accounted for 15 of Yemen's 33 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Afghanistan

113 of its 185 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 9 of Kabul's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (67 stories).

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Health

Saudi Arabia

62 of its 288 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Outbreaks were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with flu, cholera and malaria.

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Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories). Natural hazards were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in New Zealand (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Peru (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Saudi Arabia (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (74 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in France (11 of its stories, more than ten 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 10 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 15,169 stories about harm among 77,125 counted on 10 Jan.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India. 20 in every 100 of the day's 77,125 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. For the second day running, the news turned to Brazil. Indonesia's news mentioned the earthquake about 6 times as often as usual. Brazil's news was 44% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Peru77 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Iran66 in 100 of its 299 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir56 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Syria53 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Brasilia Brazil129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 139 Washington US126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 528 Tehran Iran78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 105 Juliaca Peru61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 63 Jerusalem Israel30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 80

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: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNiger: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: 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 readSyria: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualDamaturu, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 14 outletsBrecon Beacons, UK -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsHonolulu, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsOlympia, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 18 outletsDoncaster, UK -- health: 28 stories, carried by 103 outletsIgueben, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 19 outletsJamnagar, India -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 14 outletsDamascus, Syria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 21 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

● Damaturu Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Brecon Beacons UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories ● Honolulu US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Olympia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Doncaster UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health36% 5,325 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 3,307 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,466 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,581 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 778 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 679 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 497 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 296 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 killed3,427 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,664 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,495 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured661 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations253 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees129 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ireland Stories reporting abductions119 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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