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What the world's news said happened to people.
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15,221 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 news turned to protests in Dublin (Ireland), violence in Havana and arrests in Israel. Israel's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostIreland 38 in 100 of its 1,765 stories, usually 19
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 →
Protests & strikes

Ireland

676 of its 1,765 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Dublin accounted for 549 of Ireland's 676 stories about harm, carried by 770 outlets. 433 of Dublin's 549 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (273 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ireland over 30 days → its stories → Dublin stories →
Conflict & violence

Cuba

27 of its 59 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Havana accounted for 20 of Cuba's 27 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Rights & justice

Israel

1,796 of its 2,254 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (706 stories). Wildfires were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hiv and tuberculosis. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Congo

26 of its 42 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Illness was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Kashmir

93 of its 159 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Rajouri accounted for 41 of Kashmir's 93 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Netherlands

74 of its 348 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Tsunami was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 273 of Palestine's 335 stories about harm, carried by 408 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Mexico

Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Illness was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

China

447 of its 1,913 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Flu was named in 145 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with bird flu.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Nicaragua

12 of its 27 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flu in China (145 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Mexico (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in Netherlands (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Vietnam (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); oil spill in Nigeria (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 15,221 stories about harm among 83,468 counted on 24 Nov.

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Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 18 in every 100 of the day's 83,468 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In China's news, mentions of the flu ran more than ten times their usual. Ireland stood out: 38% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. A year earlier, on 24 November 2022, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel80 in 100 of its 2,254 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Palestine67 in 100 of its 503 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir58 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia51 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 61 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran49 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dublin Ireland433 stories about protests or strikes, of its 549 Gaza Palestine51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 273 Jerusalem Israel51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 249 Tel Aviv Israel47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 217 Washington US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: too little coverage to readSomaliland: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readNicaragua: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualBermuda: warmth about its own usualAlabama, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 24 stories, carried by 24 outletsKashmir, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsAmsterdam, Netherlands -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 26 outletsFlorida, US -- health: 23 stories, carried by 28 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 39 stories, carried by 17 outletsBristol, UK -- disasters & accidents: 26 stories, carried by 28 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- disasters & accidents: 26 stories, carried by 36 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

● Alabama US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 24 stories ● Kashmir Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Amsterdam Netherlands about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 21 stories ● Florida US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 4,412 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Health26% 3,893 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 2,379 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents13% 1,997 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 619 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 618 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 542 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 515 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 killed3,903 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,265 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Ireland Stories reporting people affected1,713 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,537 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people injured1,128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced316 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations265 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees173 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Palestine and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and South Africa

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.