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11,367 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 the earthquake in Iceland, violence in Riyadh and rights and justice in Darfur. Sudan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIceland 87 in 100 of its 133 stories, usually 37
RegionOceania 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Iceland

116 of its 133 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Grindavik accounted for 79 of Iceland's 116 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Earthquake was named in 104 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with volcanic eruption.

Iceland over 30 days → its stories → Grindavik stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

66 of its 253 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Riyadh accounted for 60 of Saudi Arabia's 66 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Riyadh stories →
Rights & justice

Sudan

46 of its 60 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Darfur accounted for 30 of Sudan's 46 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Israel

1,468 of its 1,905 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Canada

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Heavy rain was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with house fires and power cuts. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

Dal Lake accounted for 36 of Kashmir's 59 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

UK

172 of London's 275 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (161 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Hungary

14 of its 44 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

99 of its 316 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hiv in Vietnam (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in China (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Ukraine (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); respiratory illness in US (45 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 Nov. 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 11,367 stories about harm among 59,681 counted on 11 Nov.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Iceland. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 59,681 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. In Iceland, 87% of the news was about people being harmed, where 37% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iceland87 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 37 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel77 in 100 of its 1,905 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan77 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Palestine61 in 100 of its 572 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Iran52 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK172 stories about protests or strikes, of its 275 Gaza Palestine63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 291 Washington US57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 Jerusalem Israel55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193 Tel Aviv Israel45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: 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 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readChad: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readJammu & 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: 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 readIreland: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualColorado, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 16 outletsMichigan, US -- food & livelihood: 13 stories, carried by 18 outletsAccra, Ghana -- other: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsHyderabad, India -- health: 12 stories, carried by 15 outletsDublin, Ireland -- health: 36 stories, carried by 32 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 11 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Michigan US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 13 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · other · 14 stories ● Hyderabad India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Dublin Ireland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 36 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 2,849 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence24% 2,699 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 2,535 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 1,492 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 497 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 424 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 395 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 285 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 killed3,407 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,356 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,157 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured782 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions656 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees244 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced241 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations138 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iceland and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ireland and the US

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
● 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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