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14,272 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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Plane crash in South Korea, rights and justice in Buenos Aires and arrests in Russia drew the news. Argentina's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSouth Korea 59 in 100 of its 1,166 stories, usually 19
RegionEast Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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 →
Disasters & accidents

South Korea

686 of its 1,166 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Jeju accounted for 369 of South Korea's 686 stories about harm, carried by 558 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (618 stories). Plane crash was named in 346 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories → Jeju stories →
Rights & justice

Argentina

78 of its 209 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Buenos Aires accounted for 66 of Argentina's 78 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

215 of its 560 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Accidents were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Thailand

90 of its 249 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Bangkok accounted for 72 of Thailand's 90 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Iran

79 of its 165 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tehran accounted for 49 of Iran's 79 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Ethiopia

90 of its 137 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Trinidad & Tobago

36 of its 83 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Brazil

49 of its 168 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

France

104 of its 437 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 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: flooding in Fiji (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Brazil (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in Singapore (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Australia (25 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 14,272 stories about harm among 67,656 counted on 30 Dec.

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South Korea stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. For the second day running, the news turned to South Korea. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 67,656 stories, above the usual 18.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine66 in 100 of its 164 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia66 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel62 in 100 of its 757 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence South Korea59 in 100 of its 1,166 stories · usually 19 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria54 in 100 of its 276 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US150 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1006 Nairobi Kenya32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 54 London UK23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168 Berlin Germany22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48 Tehran Iran20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 49

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: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: 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 lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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 lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: too little coverage to readChina: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUS: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualBauchi, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsPanama Canal, Panama -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 25 outletsGeorgia, US -- rights & justice: 130 stories, carried by 222 outletsAtlanta, US -- rights & justice: 138 stories, carried by 349 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 21 stories, carried by 21 outletsBeijing, China -- disasters & accidents: 54 stories, carried by 91 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsEdun, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 18 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

● Bauchi Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 11 stories ● Panama Canal Panama about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Georgia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 130 stories ● Atlanta US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 138 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 3,494 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,426 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 3,219 stories · much more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence12% 1,613 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,017 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 591 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 450 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 216 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 killed4,964 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and South Korea Stories reporting people affected1,663 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,604 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured893 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions389 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced183 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees90 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting evacuations81 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill22 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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