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8,442 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 people falling ill in Fiji, flooding in France and violence in Gaza. Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostFiji 52 in 100 of its 65 stories, usually 20
RegionOceania 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

Fiji

34 of its 65 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Poisoning was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Fiji over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

France

144 of its 469 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (17 stories). Flooding was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with plague, cholera and dengue. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Greece

41 of its 129 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Gavdos accounted for 28 of Greece's 41 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (28 stories). Drownings were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Mayotte

40 of its 43 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Mamoudzou accounted for 21 of Mayotte's 40 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Russia

140 of its 371 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Oil spill was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.

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Disasters & accidents

Zimbabwe

46 of its 132 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Flooding was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

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Health

Australia

250 of its 1,093 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

21 of its 31 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Zimbabwe (16 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); drownings in Greece (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Mozambique (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Russia (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 8,442 stories about harm among 46,763 counted on 15 Dec.

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Fiji's news mentioned poisoning more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 46,763 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Fiji, 52% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. A year earlier, on 16 December 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine75 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Syria65 in 100 of its 750 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Israel62 in 100 of its 434 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan53 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 45 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Fiji52 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 20 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Damascus Syria60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 294 Washington US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182 Seoul South Korea31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 43 Islamabad Pakistan18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68 Dhaka Bangladesh16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 47

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: too little coverage to readVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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: 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 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: too little coverage to readPeru: 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: 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 lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: 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 readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: warmth about its own usualRacine County, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsOttawa, Canada -- health: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsChhattisgarh, India -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 28 outletsGeorgia, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 28 stories, carried by 20 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 23 outletsWrexham, UK -- disasters & accidents: 26 stories, carried by 13 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

● Racine County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Ottawa Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Chhattisgarh India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Georgia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Nottingham UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 2,057 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice24% 1,952 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 1,577 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence18% 1,479 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 476 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 300 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 246 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 181 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 killed2,142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,021 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests922 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured589 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees159 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Israel Stories reporting people displaced146 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions129 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations61 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Fiji and Laos

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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