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10,036 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 protests in Islamabad (Pakistan), violence in Beirut and illness in Vang Vieng. Lebanon's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Laos →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLebanon 84 in 100 of its 220 stories, usually 64
RegionSoutheast Asia 31 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

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

331 of its 747 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Islamabad accounted for 109 of Pakistan's 331 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. 80 of Islamabad's 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

184 of its 220 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Beirut accounted for 165 of Lebanon's 184 stories about harm, carried by 396 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Health

Laos

62 of its 100 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Vang Vieng accounted for 49 of Laos' 62 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Laos over 30 days → its stories → Vang Vieng stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ireland

179 of its 749 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Flooding was named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with heavy rain, power cuts and storms.

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

Mali

11 of its 14 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times 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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Conflict & violence

Philippines

140 of its 307 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Philippine accounted for 80 of the Philippines' 140 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Canada

36 of Montreal's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Outbreaks were named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cyclone.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Haiti

18 of its 23 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

357 of its 502 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Angola

6 of its 12 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 4 of Luanda's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in UK (131 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Ukraine (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Canada (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in India (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bird flu in US (71 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 23 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 10,036 stories about harm among 57,583 counted on 23 Nov.

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People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Laos. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 57,583 stories, as usual. Pakistan's news was 44% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%. A year earlier, on 24 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 →

Lebanon84 in 100 of its 220 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Israel71 in 100 of its 502 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Laos62 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 39 · mostly health Palestine54 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines46 in 100 of its 307 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Islamabad Pakistan80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109 Washington US75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 288 Montreal Canada36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 44 Baku Azerbaijan22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 37 Kremlin Russia22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 47

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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 lessPoland: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: 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 lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 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: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualSouth Waziristan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 11 outletsMaine, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 21 outletsHaryana, India -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 20 outletsIbadan, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsShiv, India -- conflict & violence: 46 stories, carried by 29 outletsNew Jersey, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 28 outletsAccra, Ghana -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 11 outletsManila, Philippines -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 16 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

● South Waziristan Pakistan about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Haryana India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Ibadan Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 14 stories ● Shiv India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 46 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 2,706 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 2,482 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 1,708 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,477 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 532 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 438 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 296 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 215 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 killed2,577 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,036 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured815 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting abductions229 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced159 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees85 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill78 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Laos Stories reporting evacuations77 at about the usual rate

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.