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What the world's news said happened to people.
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34,879 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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Protests in Kampala (Uganda), rights and justice in Niamey and people killed in Italy drew the news. Italy's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Libya and Nigeria → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostFiji 89 in 100 of its 931 stories, usually 17
RegionOceania 30 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

Uganda

648 of its 920 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kampala accounted for 596 of Uganda's 648 stories about harm, carried by 505 outlets. 428 of Kampala's 596 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (121 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Niger

109 of its 120 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Niamey accounted for 100 of Niger's 109 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Niamey stories →
Conflict & violence

Italy

503 of its 1,399 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (391 stories). Poisoning was named in 193 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

832 of its 931 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (210 stories). Typhoon was named in 373 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane, landslides and power cuts.

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

Ukraine

178 of its 311 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 127 of Kiev's 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Tunisia

142 of its 164 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Tunis accounted for 132 of Tunisia's 142 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Palestine

822 of its 1,215 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Hebron accounted for 700 of Palestine's 822 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. 430 of Hebron's 700 stories were about protests or strikes. Heavy rain was named in 80 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

839 of its 1,192 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Ankara accounted for 657 of Türkiye's 839 stories about harm, carried by 260 outlets. Building collapse was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Nigeria

102 of Maiduguri's 104 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (126 stories). Poisoning was named in 113 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Mauritania

98 of its 110 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Nouakchott accounted for 96 of Mauritania's 98 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (98 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Nigeria (113 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in South Africa (61 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Jamaica (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Sudan (18 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 34,879 stories about harm among 151,200 counted on 20 Feb.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 151,200 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. the news turned to Uganda for the third day running. Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Libya and Nigeria. In Fiji's news, mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger91 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Fiji89 in 100 of its 931 stories · usually 17 · mostly disasters & accidents Mauritania89 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 19 · mostly rights & justice Libya87 in 100 of its 860 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia87 in 100 of its 164 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hebron Palestine430 stories about protests or strikes, of its 700 Kampala Uganda428 stories about protests or strikes, of its 596 Delhi India395 stories about protests or strikes, of its 559 Jerusalem Israel294 stories about protests or strikes, of its 461 Rohtak India263 stories about protests or strikes, of its 276

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: too little coverage to readYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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 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 Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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 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 lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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 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: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: 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 lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 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 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 lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern 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: too little coverage to readAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUruguay: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUS: warmth about its own usualUK: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTaiwan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualJersey: warmth about its own usualRiverton, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsLampedusa, Italy -- disasters & accidents: 36 stories, carried by 53 outletsHerat, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 124 stories, carried by 148 outletsDinka, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 25 outletsSouth Carolina, US -- conflict & violence: 127 stories, carried by 147 outletsHavana, Cuba -- rights & justice: 111 stories, carried by 91 outletsOuagadougou, Burkina Faso -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 16 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

● Angola warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cuba warmth about one and a half times usual ● Taiwan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Uganda warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Riverton US about three times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Lampedusa Italy about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 36 stories ● Herat Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 124 stories ● Dinka South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 28 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 11,756 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Conflict & violence31% 10,622 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents12% 4,246 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Health9% 2,932 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,137 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,201 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 746 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 694 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 killed11,404 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,495 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,468 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions988 at about twice the usual rate · most about Libya and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees837 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Austria Stories reporting people displaced360 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations355 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Fiji and the US Stories reporting people falling ill31 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China

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.

● Angera little more than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.