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20,399 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in San Salvador (El Salvador), violence in Ndjamena and evacuations in the US. Chad's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostVenezuela 70 in 100 of its 295 stories, usually 45
RegionNorth America 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

El Salvador

30 of its 40 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 8 of San Salvador's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Earthquake was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain.

El Salvador over 30 days → its stories → San Salvador stories →
Conflict & violence

Chad

27 of its 41 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Ndjamena accounted for 16 of Chad's 27 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Chad over 30 days → its stories → Ndjamena stories →
Disasters & accidents

US

8,600 of its 29,451 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (480 stories). Natural hazards were named in 363 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

US over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Algeria

10 of its 23 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

206 of its 295 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Caracas accounted for 143 of Venezuela's 206 stories about harm, carried by 310 outlets. 130 of Caracas' 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 63 of Syria's 116 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Illness was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Poland

33 of its 87 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Benin

12 of its 18 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Austria

24 of its 85 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 12 of Vienna's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

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Rights & justice

Pakistan

Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (27 stories). Gas explosion was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. 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: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in France (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Germany (18 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); illness in Syria (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in UK (77 of its stories, about three times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 Jan. 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 20,399 stories about harm among 94,027 counted on 10 Jan.

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Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 94,027 stories, above the usual 19. el Salvador's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 27%. In el Salvador's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual. On 11 January 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Venezuela70 in 100 of its 295 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Palestine67 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Israel65 in 100 of its 596 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Syria63 in 100 of its 183 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan56 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 817 Caracas Venezuela130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143 Los Angeles US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1975 Jerusalem Israel32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 118 Manhattan US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149

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 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-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 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualEl Salvador: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBenin: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualDera Ismail Khan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsDamboa, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsMontecito, US -- disasters & accidents: 40 stories, carried by 94 outletsColorado, US -- disasters & accidents: 25 stories, carried by 27 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 51 stories, carried by 144 outletsNorth Yorkshire, UK -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 149 outletsSan Salvador, el Salvador -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 67 outletsCairo, Egypt -- conflict & violence: 12 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

● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Dera Ismail Khan Pakistan about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Damboa Nigeria about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Montecito US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 40 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 25 stories ● Glasgow UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 51 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents33% 6,556 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Health22% 4,412 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice21% 4,219 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence9% 1,729 stories · much less than usual (usually 15%) Displacement4% 858 stories · more than usual (usually 2%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 769 stories · less than usual (usually 6%) Food & livelihood4% 743 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 742 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 killed5,098 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,232 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured816 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations627 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced280 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions262 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees126 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill6 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout two-thirds of 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.