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8,791 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 Kyiv, storms in the Philippines and rights and justice in Dhaka. Ukraine's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostUkraine 45 in 100 of its 465 stories, usually 23
RegionSoutheast Asia 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

211 of its 465 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Kyiv accounted for 140 of Ukraine's 211 stories about harm, carried by 509 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (164 stories). Power cuts were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

252 of its 458 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Philippine accounted for 153 of the Philippines' 252 stories about harm, carried by 309 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Storms were named in 51 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storm surge and earthquake. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

103 of its 249 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Dhaka accounted for 75 of Bangladesh's 103 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Dengue was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain and outbreaks.

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

Lebanon

140 of its 187 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Beirut accounted for 115 of Lebanon's 140 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 126 of Israel's 412 stories about harm, carried by 389 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (68 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Tanzania

12 of its 27 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Cyprus

15 of its 43 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Georgia

4 of Tbilisi's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

UK

Extreme cold was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with snowstorms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Brazil (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Australia (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in UK (22 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); natural hazards in Israel (10 of its stories, more than ten 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 17 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 8,791 stories about harm among 47,593 counted on 17 Nov.

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In the Philippines' news, mentions of storms ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 47,593 stories, above the usual 17. Ukraine's news was 45% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. A year earlier, on 18 November 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to the Philippines, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lebanon75 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Israel66 in 100 of its 622 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine61 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines55 in 100 of its 458 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Ukraine45 in 100 of its 465 stories · usually 23 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Manipur India60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87 Imphal India51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 57 Washington US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 264 Jerusalem Israel42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Dhaka Bangladesh19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 75

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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 readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSomalia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: too little coverage to readRussia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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 lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: 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 lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readNigeria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 33 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsNuffield, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 153 outletsLough Gur, Ireland -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsPhoenix, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsVancouver, Canada -- health: 23 stories, carried by 53 outletsDakar, Senegal -- food & livelihood: 13 stories, carried by 62 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 11 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

● Nigeria warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Abuja Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Nuffield UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Lough Gur Ireland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Phoenix US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 2,317 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice22% 1,889 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 1,706 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence17% 1,424 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 408 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 341 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 296 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 219 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 killed2,254 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,190 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests900 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured841 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions245 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and India Stories reporting people displaced215 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and India Stories reporting refugees149 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations136 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill34 at about one and a half times 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 harsher than 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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