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13,502 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The cyclone in Indonesia, violence in Caracas and protests in Zagreb (Croatia) drew the news. Venezuela's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSri Lanka 67 in 100 of its 332 stories, usually 31
RegionCentral Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 9
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

216 of its 341 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Sumatra accounted for 78 of Indonesia's 216 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (39 stories). Cyclone was named in 67 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms and typhoon. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Sumatra stories →
Conflict & violence

Venezuela

167 of its 293 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Caracas accounted for 89 of Venezuela's 167 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Health

Congo

18 of its 30 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Ebola was named in 13 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.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

224 of its 332 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Colombo accounted for 115 of Sri Lanka's 224 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (33 stories). Tsunami was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with earthquake.

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Conflict & violence

Tajikistan

11 of its 17 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

39 of its 93 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

139 of its 231 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Cameroon

21 of its 45 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Slovenia

9 of its 24 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (100 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in Sri Lanka (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in US (190 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in UK (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 16; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Dec. 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 13,502 stories about harm among 76,594 counted on 1 Dec.

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The news turned to Indonesia for the fourth day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 76,594 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 16. In Indonesia's news, mentions of the cyclone ran about 4 times their usual. Indonesia stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 33%. A year earlier, on 1 December 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Over November, 16 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 in November 2024.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sri Lanka67 in 100 of its 332 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Indonesia63 in 100 of its 341 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents Hong Kong60 in 100 of its 231 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Venezuela57 in 100 of its 293 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine56 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 565 Dhaka Bangladesh34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 96 Kyiv Ukraine28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78 London UK27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 198 New York US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readPeru: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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 lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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 lessKazakhstan: 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 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: 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 lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: 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 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 lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualGuyana: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualDoha, Qatar -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsOttawa, Canada -- health: 30 stories, carried by 32 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 15 outletsKogi, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 15 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 51 stories, carried by 157 outletsVancouver, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 36 outletsConnecticut, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 16 outletsAdiala, Pakistan -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 28 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

● Lebanon warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Doha Qatar about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Ottawa Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 30 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● Kogi Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 23 stories ● Beirut Lebanon about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 51 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 3,575 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 2,997 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents22% 2,862 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence14% 1,823 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 679 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 461 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 417 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 384 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 killed3,472 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,828 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,527 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured828 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions198 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced180 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations147 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sri Lanka and Indonesia Stories reporting refugees129 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about a third of 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 softer than 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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