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16,166 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 violence in Rajouri, storms in Somalia and protests in Ndjamena (Chad). Kashmir's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 64 in 100 of its 149 stories, usually 41
RegionEast Asia 18 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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 →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

96 of its 149 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Rajouri accounted for 53 of Kashmir's 96 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Rajouri stories →
Rights & justice

Netherlands

119 of its 559 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Tsunami was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Philippines

256 of its 794 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 220 of Palestine's 296 stories about harm, carried by 291 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

21 of its 29 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

China

412 of its 1,771 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Respiratory illness was named in 185 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flu, outbreaks and extreme cold.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

20 of its 37 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Romania

33 of its 182 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in China (185 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Romania (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Vietnam (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Peru (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Philippines (25 of its stories, about three 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 23 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 16,166 stories about harm among 86,003 counted on 23 Nov.

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Of the day's 86,003 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 23 November 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan76 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 65 · mostly health Israel75 in 100 of its 2,333 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir64 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 471 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Iceland51 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 60 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dublin Ireland68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 241 Washington US52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 313 Gaza Palestine49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 220 Delhi India48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 Shifa Israel36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 169

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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 lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readOman: 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 readCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIndia: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCzech 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: too little coverage to readHeard & 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualVanuatu: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMauritius: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualWinnipeg, Canada -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 22 outletsArizona, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsMaine, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 25 stories, carried by 23 outletsHarare, Zimbabwe -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 18 outletsColchester, UK -- health: 19 stories, carried by 27 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 31 stories, carried by 40 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 27 stories, carried by 17 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

● Netherlands warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Winnipeg Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 25 stories ● Harare Zimbabwe about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 28 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 4,106 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 4,078 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence18% 2,871 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,268 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 765 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 647 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 602 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 552 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 killed4,216 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,997 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,860 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,304 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people injured921 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ireland Stories reporting evacuations296 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and India Stories reporting people displaced268 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees235 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill19 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 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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