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8,249 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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People displaced in Gaza, rights and justice in Magdeburg and the cyclone in Vanuatu drew the news. Germany's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Germany and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostGermany 58 in 100 of its 626 stories, usually 18
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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 →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

109 of its 151 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Gaza accounted for 84 of Palestine's 109 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Illness was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Rights & justice

Germany

364 of its 626 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Magdeburg accounted for 229 of Germany's 364 stories about harm, carried by 500 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (283 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories → Magdeburg stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vanuatu

49 of its 51 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Efate accounted for 25 of Vanuatu's 49 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Cyclone was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Yemen

81 of its 108 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Sanaa accounted for 68 of Yemen's 81 stories about harm, carried by 172 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Djibouti

28 of its 53 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. the Red Sea accounted for 27 of Djibouti's 28 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Nigeria

338 of its 947 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

South Africa

100 of its 272 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Australia

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Wildfires were named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms and drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Brazil

67 of its 187 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Australia (42 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); extreme cold in Kashmir (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in South Africa (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Philippines (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Canada (18 of its stories, more than ten 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 22 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 8,249 stories about harm among 44,747 counted on 22 Dec.

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Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Germany and the US. of the day's 44,747 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Vanuatu's news mentioned the cyclone about 4 times as often as usual. Palestine's news was 72% about people being harmed, against a usual 61%. A year earlier, on 23 December 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Mayotte, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Vanuatu96 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 57 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen75 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine72 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Syria66 in 100 of its 259 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Israel65 in 100 of its 570 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Magdeburg Germany89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 229 Texas Department of Public Safety US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66 Washington US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 169 Berlin Germany26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 57 Damascus Syria21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 105

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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: too little coverage to readCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint 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 lessSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Waziristan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 24 outletsLake Mills, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 18 stories, carried by 21 outletsWaltham, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsMinnesota, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 17 outletsBuenos Aires, Argentina -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsAnambra, Nigeria -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 38 stories, carried by 31 outletsNairobi, Kenya -- health: 18 stories, carried by 17 outletsPeshawar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 17 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

● Kuwait warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● South Waziristan Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Lake Mills US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 18 stories ● Waltham UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Minnesota US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Buenos Aires Argentina about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice23% 1,871 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Health23% 1,826 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents19% 1,564 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence18% 1,440 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 601 stories · more than usual (usually 5%) Shelter & services4% 298 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 288 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 224 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 killed2,598 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people injured1,030 at about twice the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting arrests930 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected901 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions241 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Yemen Stories reporting people displaced174 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations96 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees85 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill5 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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