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16,374 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 illness in Davos, violence in the Red Sea and a disaster in Grindavik. Djibouti's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostIceland 89 in 100 of its 187 stories, usually 64
RegionCentral Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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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Health

Switzerland

189 of its 676 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Davos accounted for 148 of Switzerland's 189 stories about harm, carried by 429 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Switzerland over 30 days → its stories → Davos stories →
Conflict & violence

Djibouti

84 of its 157 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. the Red Sea accounted for 84 of Djibouti's 84 stories about harm, carried by 192 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Djibouti over 30 days → its stories → Red Sea stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Mauritius

18 of its 28 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Brazil

50 of its 185 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Landslides were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding and heavy rain.

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Disasters & accidents

Réunion

14 of its 16 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Tonga

10 of its 12 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

39 of its 78 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Somalia

25 of its 39 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Brazil (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Afghanistan (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Zimbabwe (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Mauritius (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 Jan. 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 16,374 stories about harm among 83,067 counted on 15 Jan.

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20 in every 100 of the day's 83,067 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 15 January 2023, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iceland89 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 64 · mostly disasters & accidents Nicaragua78 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Israel73 in 100 of its 1,461 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen66 in 100 of its 343 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 288 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 509 London UK87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 280 Tel Aviv Israel65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 282 Tehran Iran32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 71 Delhi India27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 119

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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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 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: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: too little coverage to readWestern 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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 readEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUkraine: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualIndiana, US -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 20 outletsClearwater, US -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsLucknow, India -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsOkara, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 18 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsManila, Philippines -- health: 23 stories, carried by 11 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 14 outletsDavos, Switzerland -- health: 148 stories, carried by 429 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

● Indiana US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 16 stories ● Clearwater US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories ● Lucknow India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Okara Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents24% 3,928 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Health24% 3,811 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice20% 3,229 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 2,673 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 723 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 690 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 652 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 371 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 killed3,825 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,748 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,456 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,074 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions557 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced251 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees225 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations184 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 much softer than 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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