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8,852 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 day's news pointed at violence in Pretoria and arrests in Indonesia and Iran. South Africa's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSouth Africa 53 in 100 of its 275 stories, usually 25
RegionSoutheast Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

South Africa

146 of its 275 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Pretoria accounted for 90 of South Africa's 146 stories about harm, carried by 252 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories → Pretoria stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

83 of its 137 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Afghanistan

91 of its 135 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Kabul accounted for 40 of Afghanistan's 91 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

106 of its 298 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kyiv accounted for 69 of Ukraine's 106 stories about harm, carried by 391 outlets. Accidents were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

32 of its 39 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Kordofan accounted for 19 of Sudan's 32 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

48 of its 74 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Damascus accounted for 28 of Syria's 48 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

83 of its 125 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

174 of its 417 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Australia (36 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); accidents in Ukraine (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in US (156 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); storms in UK (33 of its stories, about three times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 16; 16 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 8,852 stories about harm among 49,984 counted on 6 Dec.

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On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 49,984 stories, above the usual 16. Mentions of wildfires ran about 8 times their usual in Australia's news. In South Africa, 53% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. On 6 December 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Sri Lanka66 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 43 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria65 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia61 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 39 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine53 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 406 London UK68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 167 Hollywood US25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95 Delhi India20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 179 Chicago US14 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82

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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: 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: 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 readOman: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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 readLatvia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBurundi: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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 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: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualLakki Marwat, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 12 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 22 outletsDoha, Qatar -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsMaine, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 17 outletsMissouri, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsMoscow, Russia -- conflict & violence: 59 stories, carried by 111 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 14 stories, carried by 22 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 18 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

● Lakki Marwat Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Beirut Lebanon about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Doha Qatar about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Missouri US 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 →

Health26% 2,257 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 2,256 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 1,682 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,302 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 419 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 305 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 263 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 171 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 killed2,087 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,097 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,025 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured624 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced89 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees69 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting evacuations41 at about half the usual rate · most about Sri Lanka and the US Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about half 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 much harsher 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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