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15,181 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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Protests in Tbilisi (Georgia), the drought in Saudi Arabia and violence in Aleppo drew the news. Syria's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostGeorgia 63 in 100 of its 173 stories, usually 39
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 39
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

109 of its 173 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tbilisi accounted for 106 of Georgia's 109 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. 100 of Tbilisi's 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Saudi Arabia

67 of its 253 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Riyadh accounted for 55 of Saudi Arabia's 67 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Drought was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Riyadh stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

483 of its 604 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Aleppo accounted for 416 of Syria's 483 stories about harm, carried by 578 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Philippines

Philippine accounted for 129 of the Philippines' 227 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Poisoning was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Thailand

71 of its 252 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heavy rain.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Senegal

10 of its 23 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Rwanda

36 of its 68 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

185 of its 367 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Dhaka accounted for 83 of Bangladesh's 185 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ecuador

14 of its 23 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

104 of its 356 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (160 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in Greece (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in New Zealand (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Thailand (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); malaria in Nigeria (16 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 2 Dec. 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 15,181 stories about harm among 90,698 counted on 2 Dec.

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For the fourth day running, the news turned to Georgia. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 90,698 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. In Saudi Arabia's news, mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 3 December 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 →

Syria80 in 100 of its 604 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Georgia63 in 100 of its 173 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice Israel60 in 100 of its 952 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda53 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 32 · mostly health Lebanon52 in 100 of its 166 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 477 Tbilisi Georgia100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 Islamabad Pakistan73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121 Aleppo Syria56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 416 Delhi India34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: 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: 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): 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: 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 readSyria: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualIllinois, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 32 outletsTennessee, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 48 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 57 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 11 stories, carried by 29 outletsBaku, Azerbaijan -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 22 outletsAccra, Ghana -- food & livelihood: 30 stories, carried by 42 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 16 stories, carried by 42 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

● Illinois US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Tennessee US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Baku Azerbaijan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 4,561 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice25% 3,645 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,423 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,142 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 724 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 551 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 518 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 305 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 killed3,429 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,722 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,549 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured884 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions500 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced278 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Syria Stories reporting refugees205 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Israel Stories reporting evacuations111 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and Malaysia Stories reporting people falling ill30 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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