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18,007 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 day's news pointed at violence in Bamako, landslides in Malaysia and people killed in the Dominican Republic. Malaysia's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEthiopia 45 in 100 of its 94 stories, usually 27
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 58 in 100 of its stories, usually 49
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Mali

28 of its 34 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Bamako accounted for 14 of Mali's 28 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Landslides were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Kuwait

16 of its 38 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

42 of its 94 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Amhara accounted for 35 of Ethiopia's 42 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

60 of its 79 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Sanaa accounted for 24 of Yemen's 60 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 175 of Palestine's 226 stories about harm, carried by 348 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (84 stories). Hunger was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

1,577 of its 1,927 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: storms in Malawi (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Japan (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Russia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (16 of its stories, about 4 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 26 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 18,007 stories about harm among 99,428 counted on 26 Jan.

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The news turned to Mali for the third day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 99,428 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Malaysia's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual. Mali's news was 82% about people being harmed, against a usual 39%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel82 in 100 of its 1,927 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen76 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine70 in 100 of its 322 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti65 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Iran51 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 472 Jerusalem Israel64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 288 Manhattan US61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 172 Sydney Australia31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 103 Gaza Palestine30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 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 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 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: 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: 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 lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualEnugu, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsAdelaide, Australia -- health: 11 stories, carried by 20 outletsBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 33 outletsBerkshire, UK -- health: 19 stories, carried by 21 outletsNebraska, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsEagle Pass, US -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 20 outletsBokkos, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsZurich, Switzerland -- health: 15 stories, carried by 12 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

● Enugu Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Adelaide Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Bamako Mali about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Berkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Nebraska US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 4,986 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,323 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Conflict & violence19% 3,332 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,539 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 784 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 693 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 653 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 379 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 killed4,516 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,974 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,797 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,006 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions659 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced262 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees224 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations113 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill5 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Croatia

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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