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50,078 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Skopje (North Macedonia), rights and justice in Oranjestad and people killed in Romania. Aruba's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorth Macedonia 56 in 100 of its 217 stories, usually 23
RegionOceania 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

122 of its 217 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Skopje accounted for 79 of North Macedonia's 122 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. 71 of Skopje's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (101 stories).

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories → Skopje stories →
Rights & justice

Aruba

29 of its 44 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Oranjestad accounted for 29 of Aruba's 29 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Aruba over 30 days → its stories → Oranjestad stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Romania

127 of its 377 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Romania over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

140 of its 289 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with earthquake.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

India

269 of Delhi's 518 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories). West Nile virus was named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

872 of its 1,033 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Mogadishu accounted for 823 of Somalia's 872 stories about harm, carried by 727 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Health

Brazil

743 of its 1,384 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (216 stories). Drought was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

153 of its 170 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 81%. Sanaa accounted for 105 of Yemen's 153 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

1,013 of its 1,924 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

97 of its 312 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Poland (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Kashmir (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Brazil (49 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); norovirus in Mexico (18 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drought in Kenya (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Feb. 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 50,078 stories about harm among 259,457 counted on 3 Feb.

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On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about three times the usual rate. Poland's news mentioned storms more than ten times as often as usual. North Macedonia's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 259,457 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen90 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence Guinea86 in 100 of its 175 stories · usually 62 · mostly health Burundi86 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 82 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia84 in 100 of its 1,033 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Syria79 in 100 of its 2,038 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge US339 stories about protests or strikes, of its 377 Delhi India269 stories about protests or strikes, of its 518 Aleppo Syria253 stories about protests or strikes, of its 595 Washington US217 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1829 Hebron Palestine206 stories about protests or strikes, of its 337

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrench Polynesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrunei: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAruba: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNauru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Egypt about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 292 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as angry as the world's · 1,013 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 153 stories about harm ● Norway few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 102 stories about harm ● Aruba few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 29 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 14,397 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 10,214 stories · much less than usual (usually 27%) Health19% 9,296 stories · much more than usual (usually 11%) Disasters & accidents13% 6,462 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Shelter & services6% 2,792 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,781 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,146 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,046 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 killed12,529 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people affected6,849 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,742 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured3,066 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Somalia and the US Stories reporting refugees1,761 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions707 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced706 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill234 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting evacuations213 at about half the usual rate · most about Australia and the US

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
● Griefa little less than 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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