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16,872 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 violence in Prague, deaths in Oudenaarde and arrests in Romania. the Czechia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCzechia 77 in 100 of its 531 stories, usually 28
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Czechia

411 of its 531 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Prague accounted for 396 of the Czechia's 411 stories about harm, carried by 850 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (396 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories → Prague stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Belgium

36 of its 121 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Oudenaarde accounted for 33 of Belgium's 36 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories → Oudenaarde stories →
Rights & justice

Romania

29 of its 145 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Kashmir

110 of its 189 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Poonch accounted for 66 of Kashmir's 110 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

44 of its 57 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

61 of its 197 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 231 of Palestine's 262 stories about harm, carried by 412 outlets. Hunger was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with meningitis. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

19 of its 30 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Niamey accounted for 19 of Niger's 19 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets.

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Rights & justice

Haiti

20 of its 27 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Germany (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Israel (162 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Palestine (41 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Russia (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in South Africa (17 of its stories, about 9 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 22 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 16,872 stories about harm among 91,783 counted on 22 Dec.

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The Czechia's news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. of the day's 91,783 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Germany's news mentioned flooding more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to the Czechia. A year earlier, on 22 December 2022, 21 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 →

Czechia77 in 100 of its 531 stories · usually 28 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia77 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Israel69 in 100 of its 1,604 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan67 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 64 · mostly displacement Palestine59 in 100 of its 446 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 495 Gaza Palestine49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231 Prague Czechia49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 396 Islamabad Pakistan46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98 Delhi India40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 225

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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-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: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPawcatuck, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 42 outletsAccra, Ghana -- food & livelihood: 23 stories, carried by 12 outletsIndiana, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 22 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsZurich, Switzerland -- health: 20 stories, carried by 13 outletsMiddlesbrough, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 10 outletsLanarkshire, UK -- health: 35 stories, carried by 13 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

● Pawcatuck US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Accra Ghana about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 23 stories ● Indiana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 4,750 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,067 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 2,807 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,325 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 760 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 752 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 715 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 409 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 killed4,337 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,019 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,881 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,337 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Czechia and the US Stories reporting abductions633 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced346 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees182 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations135 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill21 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
● 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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