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18,140 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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Violence in Port-au-Prince, protests in Lantao (Hong Kong) and rights and justice in Kampala drew the news. Haiti's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHaiti 71 in 100 of its 90 stories, usually 38
RegionCentral Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Haiti

64 of its 90 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 52 of Haiti's 64 stories about harm, carried by 164 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

83 of its 217 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 7 of Lantao's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Lantao stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

60 of its 127 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kampala accounted for 43 of Uganda's 60 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories). HIV was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Health

Thailand

51 of its 225 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Syria

49 of its 69 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Damascus accounted for 25 of Syria's 49 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Norway

45 of its 134 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Georgia

17 of its 34 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 11 of Tbilisi's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Poland

42 of its 180 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 22 of Torun's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Mali

22 of its 37 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Kenya

77 of its 261 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Laos (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tornadoes in Azerbaijan (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Ghana (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Canada (36 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 18,140 stories about harm among 104,673 counted on 20 Nov.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Haiti. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 104,673 stories, as usual. Mentions of HIV ran about 7 times their usual in Uganda's news. In Haiti, 71% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual. A year earlier, on 21 November 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti71 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Syria71 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 220 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Israel61 in 100 of its 875 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda47 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 29 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 610 Islamabad Pakistan52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 London UK32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 272 Beijing China30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 65 Jerusalem Israel24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 110

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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUkraine: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelize: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualBannu, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 39 stories, carried by 34 outletsMalikhel, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsShiroro, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsSouth Shields, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 10 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 31 stories, carried by 16 outletsNorth Carolina, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 23 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 19 stories, carried by 12 outletsGrand Rapids, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 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

● Hong Kong warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bannu Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 39 stories ● Malikhel Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Shiroro Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● South Shields UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 31 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,117 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,530 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 3,256 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,088 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 866 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 850 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 745 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 340 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 killed3,949 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,922 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,914 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured947 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions339 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced261 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees149 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations112 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill26 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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
● 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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