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What the world's news said happened to people.
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18,575 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 news turned to plane crash in South Sudan, violence in Kivu and people killed in Samoa. South Sudan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSouth Sudan 77 in 100 of its 64 stories, usually 41
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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 Sudan

49 of its 64 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Juba accounted for 39 of South Sudan's 49 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Plane crash was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Juba stories →
Health

Samoa

23 of its 37 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Outbreaks were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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

Congo

52 of its 75 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

41 of its 108 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Tsunami was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Saudi Arabia

Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Road crashes were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 105 of Palestine's 183 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Switzerland

66 of its 257 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Health

Bulgaria

13 of its 42 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Saudi Arabia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Thailand (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in India (53 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 18,575 stories about harm among 100,355 counted on 29 Jan.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 24 December 2024. 19 in every 100 of the day's 100,355 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. Samoa's news mentioned outbreaks about 6 times as often as usual. South Sudan's news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 41%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda82 in 100 of its 194 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan77 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo69 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 293 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Israel62 in 100 of its 827 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US238 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1217 London UK47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 266 Chicago US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Kivu Rwanda33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78 Los Angeles US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 393

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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSomalia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: too little coverage to readNew 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 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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: 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 lessChad: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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: 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualDar es Salaam, Tanzania -- shelter & services: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsMontana, US -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 16 outletsCanberra, Australia -- food & livelihood: 18 stories, carried by 64 outletsNew Orleans, US -- disasters & accidents: 17 stories, carried by 23 outletsFort Erie, Canada -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 19 outletsKogi, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 15 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 30 stories, carried by 19 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 16 stories, carried by 14 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

● Dar es Salaam Tanzania about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 10 stories ● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories ● Canberra Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 18 stories ● New Orleans US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 17 stories ● Fort Erie Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,389 stories · much more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice24% 4,421 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 3,282 stories · much less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence11% 1,974 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 967 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 876 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 669 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 539 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 killed3,973 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected2,340 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,311 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured968 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting abductions356 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced301 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees238 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations196 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and South Korea Stories reporting people falling ill31 at about one and a half times 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 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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