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14,694 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 violence in Sydney, flooding in Morocco and protests in Minsk (Belarus). Australia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Australia and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAustralia 54 in 100 of its 3,310 stories, usually 20
RegionOceania 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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

Australia

1,785 of its 3,310 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Sydney accounted for 1,432 of Australia's 1,785 stories about harm, carried by 1,284 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (709 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Australia over 30 days → its stories → Sydney stories →
Disasters & accidents

Morocco

74 of its 128 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Rabat accounted for 44 of Morocco's 74 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (59 stories). Flooding was named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought, heavy rain and storms.

Morocco over 30 days → its stories → Rabat stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Netherlands

41 of its 176 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Syria

80 of its 133 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Displacement

Cambodia

29 of its 56 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

40 of its 100 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Jammu accounted for 23 of Kashmir's 40 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

China

254 of its 1,536 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 60 of Beijing's 115 stories were about protests or strikes. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Colombia

31 of its 52 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Uzbekistan

9 of its 33 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Venezuela (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Chile (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in Kenya (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in Hong Kong (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Canada (42 of its stories, about three times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 17; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 14,694 stories about harm among 73,534 counted on 15 Dec.

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In Morocco's news, mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 73,534 stories, above the usual 17. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Australia and the US. In Australia, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. the news turned to Australia for the second day running.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan78 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Syria60 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia60 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 27 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Morocco58 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 14 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine55 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Los Angeles US183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 574 Sydney Australia108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1432 Washington US82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 395 Beijing China60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115 Hollywood US56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260

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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: 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: 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 lessIraq: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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 readSudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualDes Moines, US -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 67 outletsMashhad, Iran -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 19 outletsAccra, Ghana -- shelter & services: 34 stories, carried by 10 outletsSantiago, Chile -- rights & justice: 33 stories, carried by 71 outletsMarshalltown, US -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 108 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 16 outletsMinsk, Belarus -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 20 outletsToronto, Canada -- health: 60 stories, carried by 145 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

● Hong Kong warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Des Moines US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 23 stories ● Mashhad Iran about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 34 stories ● Santiago Chile about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 33 stories ● Marshalltown US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 30 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice23% 3,366 stories · about as usual Health23% 3,308 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Conflict & violence22% 3,236 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents16% 2,321 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 944 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 529 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 463 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 302 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 killed5,183 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people injured2,011 at about three times the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting arrests1,658 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,212 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced182 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions122 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Australia Stories reporting evacuations118 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees102 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Cambodia Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about two-thirds 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times usual
● Feara little more than 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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