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What the world's news said happened to people.
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15,456 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 rights and justice in Stockholm, illness in Pyongyang and storms in South Korea. the Netherlands' coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorth Korea 58 in 100 of its 76 stories, usually 21
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Rights & justice

Sweden

80 of its 186 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Stockholm accounted for 56 of Sweden's 80 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Stockholm stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Korea

111 of its 323 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (72 stories). Storms were named in 49 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with snowstorms.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Netherlands

57 of its 213 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Rwanda

49 of its 87 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Peru

Lima accounted for 39 of Peru's 59 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. 34 of Lima's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

UK

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Hypothermia was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Argentina

46 of its 121 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Buenos Aires accounted for 36 of Argentina's 46 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets.

its stories →
Health

Tanzania

25 of its 56 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

16 of its 26 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 3 of Khartoum's 3 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Malaysia (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Japan (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Pakistan (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in India (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 15,456 stories about harm among 79,828 counted on 25 Jan.

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The news turned to Sweden for the fourth day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 79,828 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. In North Korea's news, mentions of respiratory illness ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 25 January 2022, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Sweden's news was 43% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Peru59 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice North Korea58 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 21 · mostly health Rwanda56 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Syria55 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine52 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 522 Delhi India71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 183 Los Angeles US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 323 London UK40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 227 Lima Peru34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 39

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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: 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 lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualWest Virginia, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 47 stories, carried by 174 outletsMaine, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 15 outletsDavos, Switzerland -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsKillamarsh, UK -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 35 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 69 stories, carried by 225 outletsSydney, Australia -- health: 53 stories, carried by 28 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

● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● West Virginia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Nottingham UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 47 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Davos Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories ● Killamarsh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health34% 5,160 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 3,865 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents14% 2,179 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,738 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 810 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 671 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 535 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 274 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 killed3,687 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,650 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,439 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured799 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees136 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced102 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting evacuations82 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as 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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