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14,778 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to the tsunami in Sri Lanka, protests in Bogota (Colombia) and rights and justice in Tripoli. Colombia's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSri Lanka 76 in 100 of its 169 stories, usually 37
RegionCentral Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 10
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

129 of its 169 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Colombo accounted for 51 of Sri Lanka's 129 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (80 stories). Tsunami was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with hunger.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

35 of its 66 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 3 of Bogota's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Rights & justice

Libya

14 of its 18 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tripoli accounted for 12 of Libya's 14 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

72 of its 146 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Shelter & services

Cuba

35 of its 67 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Havana accounted for 29 of Cuba's 35 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Power cuts were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 82 of Palestine's 121 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

138 of its 260 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Tajikistan

12 of its 14 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Peru

15 of its 40 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 8 of Lima's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Rights & justice

Iraq

22 of its 55 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Cuba (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Spain (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in France (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in India (14 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 3 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 14,778 stories about harm among 89,158 counted on 3 Dec.

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In Sri Lanka, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 37% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 89,158 stories, as usual. Mentions of power cuts ran about three times their usual in Cuba's news. On 3 December 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sri Lanka76 in 100 of its 169 stories · usually 37 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan56 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia53 in 100 of its 260 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Colombia53 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 27 · mostly rights & justice Cuba52 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 43 · mostly shelter & services

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 787 Chicago US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115 Islamabad Pakistan26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82 London UK22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194 Los Angeles US21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 187

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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 lessSpain: too little coverage to readSouth 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: 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: 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: 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 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 readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readChad: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 readThailand: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualMontana, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsOregon, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsKogi, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 12 outletsSwindon, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 18 outletsAdelaide, Australia -- health: 12 stories, carried by 27 outletsOxford County, Canada -- health: 12 stories, carried by 20 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 26 stories, carried by 14 outletsIbadan, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 16 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

● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Kogi Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 20 stories ● Swindon UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Adelaide Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 3,971 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 3,676 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 2,649 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 1,981 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 636 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 611 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 526 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 346 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 killed3,366 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,001 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,712 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured638 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions268 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced179 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees169 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations69 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill10 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 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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