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18,027 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Kabul, protests in Tbilisi (Georgia) and arrests in the Netherlands. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 67 in 100 of its 163 stories, usually 41
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

109 of its 163 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kabul accounted for 73 of Afghanistan's 109 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

24 of its 37 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tbilisi accounted for 18 of Georgia's 24 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. 16 of Tbilisi's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

Georgia over 30 days → its stories → Tbilisi stories →
Rights & justice

Netherlands

47 of its 204 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Haiti

47 of its 68 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 37 of Haiti's 47 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

56 of its 72 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 454 of Syria's 802 stories about harm, carried by 439 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

51 of its 192 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Nepal

20 of its 58 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Health

Congo

Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Malaria was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: malaria in Congo (13 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Philippines (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in France (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Canada (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 18,027 stories about harm among 103,051 counted on 11 Dec.

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In Congo's news, mentions of the malaria ran about 10 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 103,051 stories, as usual. Afghanistan's news was 67% about people being harmed, against a usual 41%. A year earlier, on 12 December 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 →

Sudan78 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti69 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 163 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Syria66 in 100 of its 1,222 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine61 in 100 of its 223 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 546 Damascus Syria90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 454 Seoul South Korea37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78 London UK36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 261 Islamabad Pakistan33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: too little coverage to readEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: 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: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSyria: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualNorth Waziristan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsHiroshima, Japan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 16 stories, carried by 13 outletsAdelaide, Australia -- health: 18 stories, carried by 59 outletsDurban, South Africa -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsPennsylvania, US -- health: 27 stories, carried by 30 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 22 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

● North Waziristan Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Hiroshima Japan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Adelaide Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Durban South Africa about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,079 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 4,679 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,597 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence14% 2,524 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 817 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 749 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 716 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 521 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 killed3,684 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,110 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,981 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured738 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions271 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced262 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees245 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations191 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Congo

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