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32,539 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 violence in Mogadishu, people injured in Puerto Rico and protests in Kampala (Uganda). Somalia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 80 in 100 of its 196 stories, usually 29
RegionSoutheast Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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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Conflict & violence

Somalia

384 of its 420 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Mogadishu accounted for 326 of Somalia's 384 stories about harm, carried by 257 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (347 stories). Earthquake was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Health

Puerto Rico

157 of its 196 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (103 stories). Dengue was named in 139 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with chikungunya. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Puerto Rico over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Uganda

124 of its 215 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 51 of Kampala's 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

701 of its 845 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Kabul accounted for 443 of Afghanistan's 701 stories about harm, carried by 413 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (494 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

190 of its 214 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Sanaa accounted for 149 of Yemen's 190 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

South Korea

204 of its 498 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Earthquake was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

74 of its 174 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Angola

25 of its 36 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Chile

48 of its 126 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 15 of Santiago's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flu in France (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Australia (98 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Malaysia (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Hong Kong (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Colombia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 32,539 stories about harm among 156,275 counted on 27 Feb.

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On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 156,275 stories, as usual. Mentions of the dengue ran more than ten times their usual in Puerto Rico's news. In Somalia, 91% of the news was about people being harmed, where 75% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia91 in 100 of its 420 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen89 in 100 of its 214 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Cameroon85 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan83 in 100 of its 845 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Puerto Rico80 in 100 of its 196 stories · usually 29 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hesston US286 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1092 Damascus Syria284 stories about protests or strikes, of its 920 Jerusalem Israel273 stories about protests or strikes, of its 417 Delhi India163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 371 Athens Greece145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 327

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as warm as 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGibraltar: 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

● Afghanistan about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 701 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 384 stories about harm ● Guatemala about twice as angry as the world's · 167 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 190 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 74 stories about harm ● Jordan few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 33 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 10,901 stories · more than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence31% 10,028 stories · much more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents12% 3,692 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Health9% 2,891 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,864 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,069 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 886 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 758 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 killed11,418 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,737 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting arrests3,572 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,227 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting refugees813 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Greece and Germany Stories reporting abductions482 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced440 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations180 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people falling ill35 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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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