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13,666 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 plane crash in Brazil, violence in Pyongyang and people injured in South Africa. North Korea's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBrazil 38 in 100 of its 248 stories, usually 18
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Brazil

94 of its 248 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Gramado accounted for 50 of Brazil's 94 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Plane crash was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with bridge collapse.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Gramado stories →
Conflict & violence

North Korea

25 of its 55 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Pyongyang accounted for 20 of North Korea's 25 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Rights & justice

South Africa

159 of its 480 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Flooding was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Germany

202 of its 622 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Vanuatu

23 of its 25 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

34 of its 45 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Sanaa accounted for 17 of Yemen's 34 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

France

Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Cyclone was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 92 of Palestine's 120 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 132 of Syria's 201 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of evacuations 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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Also named far more than usual: drought in Panama (28 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in France (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in Kashmir (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Italy (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Cuba (10 of its stories, about 8 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 23 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 13,666 stories about harm among 75,532 counted on 23 Dec.

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In Panama's news, mentions of the drought ran about 7 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 75,532 stories, as usual. Brazil's news was 38% about people being harmed, against a usual 18%. A year earlier, on 24 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 →

Mozambique73 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 57 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel64 in 100 of its 723 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan62 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 194 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Syria60 in 100 of its 333 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 550 Hyderabad India34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 69 Magdeburg Germany31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98 Dhaka Bangladesh27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 50 Damascus Syria27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 132

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: 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 lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: 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: 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: too little coverage to readComoros: 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: too little coverage to readChad: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAksai 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: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualNorthumbria, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsSouth Waziristan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsVirginia, US -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsWisconsin, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 16 outletsMaputo, Mozambique -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 32 outletsSussex, UK -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 110 outletsAnambra, Nigeria -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 20 stories, carried by 21 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

● Northumbria UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Calgary Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● South Waziristan Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Virginia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Wisconsin US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 3,451 stories · about as usual Health26% 3,426 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents18% 2,422 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,985 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 802 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 543 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 456 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 331 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 killed3,658 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,708 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,382 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,202 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting abductions229 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced221 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees147 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations113 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill24 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 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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