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63,602 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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Landslides in Malta, extreme cold in Ukraine and protests in Bucharest (Romania) drew the news. Ukraine's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia → Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostMalta 52 in 100 of its 586 stories, usually 13
RegionSoutheast Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Displacement

Malta

302 of its 586 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Valletta accounted for 278 of Malta's 302 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (155 stories). Landslides were named in 122 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Malta over 30 days → its stories → Valletta stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

616 of its 939 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Extreme cold was named in 100 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Romania

432 of its 1,117 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Bucharest accounted for 390 of Romania's 432 stories about harm, carried by 284 outlets. 374 of Bucharest's 390 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (252 stories).

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

Kuwait

101 of its 205 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

351 of its 731 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Harare accounted for 268 of Zimbabwe's 351 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. 220 of Harare's 268 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Cameroon

113 of its 241 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Thailand

358 of its 870 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (93 stories). Malaria was named in 84 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Palestine

459 of its 931 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Ramallah accounted for 306 of Palestine's 459 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Côte d’Ivoire

37 of its 66 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Somalia (57 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Indonesia (76 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Cambodia (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Armenia (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Thailand (84 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 63,602 stories about harm among 295,204 counted on 2 Feb.

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Malta's news was 52% about people being harmed, against a usual 13%. of the day's 295,204 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Malta's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen78 in 100 of its 765 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq70 in 100 of its 857 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Mali67 in 100 of its 172 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine66 in 100 of its 939 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan60 in 100 of its 374 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Berkeley US1883 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2438 Washington US1640 stories about protests or strikes, of its 5218 Bucharest Romania374 stories about protests or strikes, of its 390 Morton County US228 stories about protests or strikes, of its 230 Harare Zimbabwe220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 268

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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 lessPuerto Rico: 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTimor-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 lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSri 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: 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 lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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 readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readAzad 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUS: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualTogo: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCôte d’Ivoire: warmth about twice its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelize: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualJersey: warmth about its own usualBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 102 stories, carried by 101 outletsBogota, Colombia -- rights & justice: 39 stories, carried by 25 outletsAbidjan, Côte d’Ivoire -- conflict & violence: 34 stories, carried by 56 outletsCenterville, US -- health: 74 stories, carried by 86 outletsCenterville, US -- health: 84 stories, carried by 90 outletsQuibdo, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 41 stories, carried by 33 outletsOslo, Norway -- health: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 49 stories, carried by 38 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

● Côte d’Ivoire warmth about twice usual ● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iran warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kyrgyzstan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bamako Mali about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 102 stories ● Bogota Colombia about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 39 stories ● Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 34 stories ● Centerville US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 74 stories ● Centerville US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 84 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice37% 23,272 stories · much more than usual (usually 31%) Health19% 11,715 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 11,005 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents10% 6,397 stories · much less than usual (usually 16%) Displacement7% 4,424 stories · more than usual (usually 4%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 2,611 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,674 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,165 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 killed15,010 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected10,148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,949 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,053 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees4,414 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting abductions2,606 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting people displaced559 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations526 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill120 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico

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 softer than 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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