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13,143 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 protests in Tbilisi (Georgia), landslides in Uganda and illness in Vang Vieng. Syria's coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSyria 89 in 100 of its 250 stories, usually 55
RegionCentral Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Georgia

80 of its 127 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tbilisi accounted for 79 of Georgia's 80 stories about harm, carried by 240 outlets. 79 of Tbilisi's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (34 stories).

Georgia over 30 days → its stories → Tbilisi stories →
Disasters & accidents

Uganda

51 of its 98 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (6 stories). Landslides were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Laos

23 of its 32 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Vang Vieng accounted for 18 of Laos' 23 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Malaysia

141 of its 365 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Heavy rain was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Liberia

13 of its 33 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Bangladesh

177 of its 299 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Dhaka accounted for 97 of Bangladesh's 177 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets.

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Conflict & violence

Senegal

12 of its 18 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Samoa

21 of its 40 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Health

Botswana

11 of its 31 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ukraine (46 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Malaysia (37 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Indonesia (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Mexico (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in India (78 of its stories, about 7 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 29 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 13,143 stories about harm among 78,674 counted on 29 Nov.

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In Uganda's news, mentions of landslides ran about 9 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 78,674 stories, as usual. Georgia's news was 63% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. A year earlier, on 30 November 2023, 19 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 →

Syria89 in 100 of its 250 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine66 in 100 of its 183 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Georgia63 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 28 · mostly rights & justice Bangladesh59 in 100 of its 299 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Lebanon56 in 100 of its 197 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Islamabad Pakistan100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Tbilisi Georgia79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 79 Dhaka Bangladesh46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 97 Delhi India37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 136 London UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 246

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualBelize: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualSalt Lake City, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 15 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 43 stories, carried by 163 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 16 outletsMassachusetts, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 52 outletsKarachi, Pakistan -- disasters & accidents: 25 stories, carried by 20 outletsKano, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 15 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Salt Lake City US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Jammu Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 30 stories ● Glasgow UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 43 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Massachusetts US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 3,727 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,144 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,060 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 1,774 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 660 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 606 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 565 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 319 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 killed3,019 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,633 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,497 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured725 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced236 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Lebanon Stories reporting abductions154 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations133 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill35 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 about as 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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