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19,655 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at people injured in Iraq and South Sudan and people killed in Belize. Iraq's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNetherlands 30 in 100 of its 368 stories, usually 17
RegionCentral Asia 16 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

41 of its 69 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

South Sudan

18 of its 26 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Guinea-Bissau

15 of its 34 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Bissau accounted for 15 of Guinea-Bissau's 15 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Rights & justice

Pakistan

Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Malaria was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms and heatwave. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 23 of Iran's 59 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

63 of its 110 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Syria

57 of its 82 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. House fires were named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Gambia

18 of its 43 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 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.

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Also named far more than usual: house fires in Syria (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ethiopia (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in United Arab Emirates (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Pakistan (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Nigeria (21 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Dec. 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 19,655 stories about harm among 106,199 counted on 1 Dec.

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Mentions of house fires ran more than ten times their usual in Syria's news. of the day's 106,199 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Iraq stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 40%. A year earlier, on 1 December 2022, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Over November, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 in November 2022.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel75 in 100 of its 2,407 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Syria70 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Iraq59 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Iran50 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 712 Jerusalem Israel108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 542 Moscow Russia58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146 New York US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 230 Manhattan US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 153

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 lessVanuatu: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: 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: 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 readNetherlands: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualLokoja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsCarrignavar, Ireland -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsVermont, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 18 outletsUttarkashi, India -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 17 outletsBoise, US -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsPretoria, South Africa -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsPulwama, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 17 outletsMidlands, UK -- disasters & accidents: 37 stories, carried by 23 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

● Lokoja Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Carrignavar Ireland about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Vermont US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Uttarkashi India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories ● Boise US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 6,110 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice27% 5,252 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence14% 2,784 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents13% 2,457 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 815 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 786 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 709 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 391 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 killed4,909 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,452 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,911 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,236 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured967 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced280 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees221 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations115 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Israel and India Stories reporting people falling ill29 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and China

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 much softer than 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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