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16,415 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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Most of the day's attention went to illness in Buenos Aires, protests in Maputo (Mozambique) and a disaster in Havana. Argentina's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCuba 80 in 100 of its 249 stories, usually 53
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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

Argentina

108 of its 254 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Buenos Aires accounted for 86 of Argentina's 108 stories about harm, carried by 248 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
Protests & strikes

Mozambique

62 of its 99 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Maputo accounted for 45 of Mozambique's 62 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. 38 of Maputo's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Maputo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

198 of its 249 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Havana accounted for 101 of Cuba's 198 stories about harm, carried by 445 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (73 stories).

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). HIV was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Indonesia

67 of its 219 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Rights & justice

Morocco

21 of its 70 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

6 of its 7 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

80 of its 244 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Rights & justice

Central African Republic

7 of its 9 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Azerbaijan

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Storms were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (34 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Brazil (28 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Azerbaijan (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (18 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in France (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

16 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 Nov. 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 16,415 stories about harm among 102,931 counted on 7 Nov.

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16 in every 100 of the day's 102,931 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. A year earlier, on 8 November 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 16 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cuba80 in 100 of its 249 stories · usually 53 · mostly disasters & accidents Lebanon69 in 100 of its 196 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique63 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Palestine62 in 100 of its 242 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Israel51 in 100 of its 813 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US168 stories about protests or strikes, of its 769 Jerusalem Israel42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 197 Maputo Mozambique38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 45 Toronto Canada33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109 London UK30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 234

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: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: too little coverage to readUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: 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 lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSão 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: 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 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: 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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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: 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUkraine: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualKupwara, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsSouth Waziristan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 30 outletsAmazon River, Brazil -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 33 outletsTaipei, Taiwan -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsNorthern Ireland, UK -- rights & justice: 55 stories, carried by 73 outletsKarachi, Pakistan -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 12 outletsMassachusetts, US -- health: 25 stories, carried by 23 outletsMinnesota, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 15 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

● Kupwara Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● South Waziristan Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Amazon River Brazil about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Taipei Taiwan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Northern Ireland UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 55 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 4,687 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,860 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 2,903 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,995 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 838 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 809 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 614 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 366 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 killed3,593 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,698 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests1,646 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured871 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations220 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions206 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced162 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and Sudan Stories reporting refugees147 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people falling ill8 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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