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12,617 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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Violence in Gaza, landslides in Sri Lanka and people displaced in Kabul drew the news. Sri Lanka's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Hong Kong and the US →
Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostHong Kong 80 in 100 of its 635 stories, usually 21
RegionEast Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
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

Palestine

118 of its 169 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Gaza accounted for 54 of Palestine's 118 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

57 of its 167 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (26 stories). Landslides were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Afghanistan

178 of its 277 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Kabul accounted for 70 of Afghanistan's 178 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

507 of its 635 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

119 of its 242 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Landslides were named in 60 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cyclone.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Tajikistan

16 of its 25 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 36 of Lebanon's 47 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Thailand

88 of its 210 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

26 of its 59 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: landslides in Indonesia (60 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in US (94 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in India (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 Nov. 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 12,617 stories about harm among 75,113 counted on 27 Nov.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Hong Kong and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 75,113 stories, as usual. Palestine's news was 70% about people being harmed, against a usual 53%. On 27 November 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Hong Kong80 in 100 of its 635 stories · usually 21 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan71 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine70 in 100 of its 169 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan64 in 100 of its 277 stories · usually 52 · mostly displacement Israel50 in 100 of its 399 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 833 Adiala Pakistan33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 86 London UK29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 179 Delhi India22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137 Istanbul Türkiye21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 43

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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: 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 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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 lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral 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: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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 lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGlasgow, UK -- health: 23 stories, carried by 15 outletsKebbi, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 52 stories, carried by 30 outletsKwara, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsSaskatchewan, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 35 stories, carried by 16 outletsCalgary, Canada -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 17 outletsKhost, Afghanistan -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsGeorgia, 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

● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Glasgow UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories ● Kebbi Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 52 stories ● Kwara Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Saskatchewan Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 35 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 3,061 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice25% 3,040 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 2,435 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,799 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 621 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 484 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 475 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 470 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 killed3,006 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,820 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Hong Kong and the US Stories reporting arrests1,734 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,013 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Hong Kong Stories reporting evacuations242 at about twice the usual rate · most about Hong Kong and the US Stories reporting abductions230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees195 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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.

● Angerabout as 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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