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8,983 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 train derailment in Sudan, people affected in Poland and protests in Minsk (Belarus). Sudan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostLebanon 81 in 100 of its 191 stories, usually 38
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 45
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

97 of its 123 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. el Fasher accounted for 41 of Sudan's 97 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (48 stories). Train derailment was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → El Fasher stories →
Rights & justice

Poland

34 of its 69 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Lebanon

154 of its 191 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kfar Kila accounted for 68 of Lebanon's 154 stories about harm, carried by 264 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (120 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

62 of its 71 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Kivu accounted for 37 of Rwanda's 62 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Greece

26 of its 90 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 9 of Athens' 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Germany

26 of Berlin's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 234 of Israel's 626 stories about harm, carried by 439 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Congo

30 of its 44 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ireland (69 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plague in China (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in UK (72 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); landslides in US (59 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 8,983 stories about harm among 46,034 counted on 26 Jan.

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Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 20 in every 100 of the day's 46,034 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Refugees were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. the news turned to Sudan for the second day running. Mentions of power cuts ran about 5 times their usual in Ireland's news. This week the news turned most often to Colombia, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda87 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon81 in 100 of its 191 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan79 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Israel66 in 100 of its 948 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Syria54 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 310 Jerusalem Israel56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 234 Minsk Belarus39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 50 Chicago US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112 Berlin Germany26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 36

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: too little coverage to readJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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: too little coverage to readEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral 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: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia 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 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: 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 lessRwanda: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualVancouver, Canada -- health: 16 stories, carried by 124 outletsKigali, Rwanda -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 61 outletsBerlin, Germany -- rights & justice: 36 stories, carried by 54 outletsNuffield, UK -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsMichigan, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 12 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

● Vancouver Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Kigali Rwanda about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Berlin Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 36 stories ● Nuffield UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Michigan US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 2,326 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Health22% 1,943 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents19% 1,700 stories · much less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence17% 1,522 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 415 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 403 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 365 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 183 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 killed2,363 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,263 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,097 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured777 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Lebanon Stories reporting abductions387 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced259 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Sudan Stories reporting refugees203 at about three times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations82 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Singapore Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as 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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