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20,260 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 rights and justice in Havana, protests in Managua (Nicaragua) and people killed in Tanzania. Cuba's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 4 times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostTanzania 46 in 100 of its 72 stories, usually 19
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 53 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

Cuba

91 of its 162 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Havana accounted for 54 of Cuba's 91 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

12 of its 17 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Managua accounted for 10 of Nicaragua's 12 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. 10 of Managua's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories → Managua stories →
Health

Tanzania

33 of its 72 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Outbreaks were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with ebola.

Tanzania over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Flooding was named in 13 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.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Slovakia

29 of its 45 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Israel

1,621 of its 2,284 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (457 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Türkiye

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Poisoning was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Mozambique

Maputo accounted for 17 of Mozambique's 26 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. 13 of Maputo's 17 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Rights & justice

South Africa

Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (83 stories). Hunger was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Türkiye (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Denmark (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in South Africa (40 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in Germany (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 20,260 stories about harm among 104,869 counted on 16 Jan.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 4 times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 104,869 stories, as usual. Abductions were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine. In Tanzania's news, mentions of outbreaks ran about three times their usual. Cuba stood out: 56% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 36%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel71 in 100 of its 2,284 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Sudan69 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 426 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Syria57 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba56 in 100 of its 162 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 813 Jerusalem Israel70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199 Tel Aviv Israel67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185 Los Angeles US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 991 Gaza Palestine32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 222

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 lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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 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: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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 lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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 readCuba: 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 lessCongo: 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 lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook 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 lessYemen: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualXinjiang, China -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 17 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsParachinar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 16 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsPennsylvania, US -- health: 24 stories, carried by 27 outletsChippewa Falls, US -- other: 10 stories, carried by 14 outletsPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 22 outletsToronto, Canada -- health: 75 stories, carried by 194 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

● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Azerbaijan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Xinjiang China about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 16 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Parachinar Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Pennsylvania US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 24 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 5,310 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice26% 5,200 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents21% 4,157 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 2,262 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 836 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 798 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 774 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 529 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 killed5,008 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,533 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,347 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,240 at about three times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people injured923 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced516 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations260 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees201 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill25 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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