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17,586 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Tbilisi (Georgia), people killed in Congo and the drought in Saudi Arabia. Congo's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGeorgia 64 in 100 of its 120 stories, usually 43
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

77 of its 120 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tbilisi accounted for 74 of Georgia's 77 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. 65 of Tbilisi's 74 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Georgia over 30 days → its stories → Tbilisi stories →
Health

Congo

27 of its 38 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Iran

98 of its 203 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 19 of Tehran's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 76 of Bangladesh's 166 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. 42 of Dhaka's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Mexico

10 of Sinaloa's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Outbreaks were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with hepatitis.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

59 of Islamabad's 94 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Czechia

17 of its 65 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Central African Republic

7 of its 7 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Mexico (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); natural hazards in Cuba (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in New Zealand (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in South Korea (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in India (53 of its stories, more than ten 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 4 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 17,586 stories about harm among 105,972 counted on 4 Dec.

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17 in every 100 of the day's 105,972 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 5 December 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria69 in 100 of its 368 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Georgia64 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Sudan60 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine59 in 100 of its 225 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Israel52 in 100 of its 767 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Seoul South Korea133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154 Washington US110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 476 Tbilisi Georgia65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74 Islamabad Pakistan59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 94 Dhaka Bangladesh42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 76

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: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: 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 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSierra 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: too little coverage to readSt 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 lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: 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 readSyria: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualLakki Marwat, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 13 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 16 outletsAsheville, US -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsTennessee, US -- health: 35 stories, carried by 40 outletsCopenhagen, Denmark -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsLuanda, Angola -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsNairobi, Kenya -- health: 26 stories, carried by 14 outletsSwindon, UK -- health: 32 stories, carried by 118 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

● Lakki Marwat Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Bristol UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Asheville US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Tennessee US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 35 stories ● Copenhagen Denmark about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,215 stories · about as usual Rights & justice27% 4,604 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents16% 2,765 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,030 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 807 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 722 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 663 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 293 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 killed3,500 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,982 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,953 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured757 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions316 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced204 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees136 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations75 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and Malaysia Stories reporting people falling ill58 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico

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
● Griefa little less than 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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