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19,861 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 rights and justice in Copenhagen and Dhaka and illness in Bathurst. Denmark's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostDenmark 45 in 100 of its 172 stories, usually 19
RegionCentral Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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

Denmark

78 of its 172 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Copenhagen accounted for 45 of Denmark's 78 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Health

Gambia

18 of its 41 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Bathurst accounted for 17 of the Gambia's 18 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Bathurst stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

109 of its 273 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Dhaka accounted for 51 of Bangladesh's 109 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Palestine

366 of its 540 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Gaza accounted for 281 of Palestine's 366 stories about harm, carried by 242 outlets. Heavy rain was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Afghanistan

77 of its 129 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kabul accounted for 37 of Afghanistan's 77 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Senegal

18 of its 43 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Dakar accounted for 15 of Senegal's 18 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets.

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Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

40 of its 124 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Belarus

13 of its 47 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Shelter & services

Kenya

Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Power cuts were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Indonesia (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Russia (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Kenya (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in China (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Japan (11 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 14 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 19,861 stories about harm among 112,233 counted on 14 Dec.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 2 October 2023. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 112,233 stories, below the usual 19. Denmark's news was 45% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. On 14 December 2022, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine68 in 100 of its 540 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Israel67 in 100 of its 1,807 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan65 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 64 · mostly displacement Afghanistan60 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 42 · mostly rights & justice Somalia50 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 337 Washington US98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 610 Gaza Palestine53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 281 Jerusalem Israel41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 New York US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 237

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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 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: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: 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 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: too little coverage to readGermany: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: too little coverage to readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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 readSomalia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualDera Ismail Khan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 15 outletsBrooklyn, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 88 outletsArizona, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 19 outletsIkere, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 15 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 25 outletsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsBrisbane, Australia -- rights & justice: 14 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

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

Warmest events

● Dera Ismail Khan Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Brooklyn US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Ikere Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 6,292 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice25% 4,781 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,911 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 2,240 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Food & livelihood5% 1,043 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 969 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 696 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 544 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 killed4,570 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,355 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,102 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured983 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions634 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced332 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees317 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations149 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill20 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 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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