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17,817 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 Damascus, the covid in Dominica and tropical storm in Honduras. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostHonduras 86 in 100 of its 58 stories, usually 25
RegionCentral Asia 14 in 100 of its stories, usually 11
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

Syria

76 of its 106 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Damascus accounted for 53 of Syria's 76 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Health

Dominica

36 of its 41 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Covid was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Dominica over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Honduras

50 of its 58 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. the Bay Islands accounted for 20 of Honduras' 50 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Tropical storm was named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with hurricane, flooding and storms.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Bay Islands stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Cameroon

14 of its 25 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Illness was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

34 of its 126 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Typhoon was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jersey

18 of its 66 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Armenia

15 of its 57 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 3 of Yerevan's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

UK

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Extreme cold was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in Cameroon (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in Hong Kong (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bird flu in Canada (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Australia (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in UK (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 17; 16 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 17,817 stories about harm among 106,152 counted on 14 Nov.

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In Honduras' news, mentions of tropical storm ran about 10 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 106,152 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 15 November 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. In Syria, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 50% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Honduras86 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria72 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon60 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan60 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Israel55 in 100 of its 858 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 725 Jerusalem Israel35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148 London UK34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 212 Northern Ireland UK30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 94 New York US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168

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: too little coverage to readIsle 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: 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: 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 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 readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: 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 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: 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 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 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: 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 readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualDominica: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualHarnai, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 18 outletsSouth Carolina, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 97 outletsBaalbek, Lebanon -- displacement: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsHawaii, US -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 47 outletsWhitehall, UK -- food & livelihood: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 21 stories, carried by 25 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 19 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

● Dominica warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Harnai Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● South Carolina US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Baalbek Lebanon about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 17 stories ● Hawaii US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 26 stories ● Whitehall UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 5,406 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice25% 4,389 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,778 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,191 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 804 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 784 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 713 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 376 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 killed3,816 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,855 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,803 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured816 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions254 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and India Stories reporting people displaced201 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Sudan Stories reporting evacuations124 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Brazil Stories reporting refugees114 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill37 at about two-thirds 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.

● Angera little less than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.