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15,360 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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Train derailment in Thailand, protests in Kampala (Uganda) and violence in Gaza drew the news. Thailand's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostThailand 69 in 100 of its 366 stories, usually 28
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
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

Thailand

252 of its 366 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Bangkok accounted for 135 of Thailand's 252 stories about harm, carried by 354 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (185 stories). Train derailment was named in 95 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake and building collapse. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Protests & strikes

Uganda

69 of its 125 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Kampala accounted for 30 of Uganda's 69 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. 19 of Kampala's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories).

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Rights & justice

US

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heatwave.

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

Singapore

48 of its 225 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Drownings were named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 673 of Iran's 1,068 stories about harm, carried by 843 outlets. 626 of Tehran's 673 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Somalia

45 of its 110 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 4 of Somalia's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 31 of Syria's 45 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

42 of its 154 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Turkmenistan

7 of its 17 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Singapore (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Ukraine (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in South Africa (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in France (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Ireland (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 Jan. 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 15,360 stories about harm among 85,821 counted on 14 Jan.

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In Singapore's news, mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 85,821 stories, as usual. Thailand's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. On 14 January 2025, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Thailand69 in 100 of its 366 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran63 in 100 of its 1,695 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Palestine59 in 100 of its 197 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Syria56 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda55 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 27 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran626 stories about protests or strikes, of its 673 Washington US172 stories about protests or strikes, of its 637 Minneapolis US91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 123 New York US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175 Chicago US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 151

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 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualAhmedabad, India -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsTennessee, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 17 outletsKainji Lake, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsMassachusetts, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 19 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsBasij, Iran -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 18 outletsDoha, Qatar -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 104 outletsCairo, Egypt -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 17 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

● Ahmedabad India about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Tennessee US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Kainji Lake Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Massachusetts US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 4,754 stories · much more than usual (usually 25%) Health24% 3,556 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 2,886 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,580 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 693 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 635 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 600 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 364 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 killed3,930 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,083 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,442 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured772 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Thailand and the US Stories reporting abductions210 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced130 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting evacuations100 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees77 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill22 at about the usual rate

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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