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37,602 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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The news turned to protests in Hebron (Palestine), violence in Bogota and wildfires in Chile. Colombia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostColombia 71 in 100 of its 196 stories, usually 36
RegionSoutheast Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

368 of its 667 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Hebron accounted for 340 of Palestine's 368 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. 220 of Hebron's 340 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Hebron stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

139 of its 196 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Bogota accounted for 97 of Colombia's 139 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (116 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Disasters & accidents

Chile

283 of its 359 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Santiago accounted for 241 of Chile's 283 stories about harm, carried by 202 outlets. Wildfires were named in 257 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with earthquake.

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

Indonesia

300 of its 552 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Jakarta accounted for 194 of Indonesia's 300 stories about harm, carried by 178 outlets. 129 of Jakarta's 194 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

954 of its 2,320 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Drought was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

352 of its 458 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

140 of its 250 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Kenya

218 of its 555 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 116 of Dadaab's 120 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (134 stories).

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Conflict & violence

France

946 of its 2,835 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (170 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Somalia (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Oman (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drought in New Zealand (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Türkiye (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in United Arab Emirates (12 of its stories, more than ten 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 4 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 37,602 stories about harm among 162,156 counted on 4 Feb.

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Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 23 in every 100 of the day's 162,156 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia. Chile's news mentioned wildfires about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 5 February 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan90 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Chile79 in 100 of its 359 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents Ukraine77 in 100 of its 458 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia71 in 100 of its 196 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 600 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1312 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3282 Seattle US513 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1221 Hebron Palestine220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340 Berkeley US192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 310 Boston US169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 448

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: feelings about like the world'sCayman 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'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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 readFiji: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: 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

● Ukraine about three times as angry as the world's · 352 stories about harm ● Colombia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 139 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 368 stories about harm ● France about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 946 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 410 stories about harm ● Myanmar about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 54 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 12,807 stories · more than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence20% 7,488 stories · about as usual Health16% 6,008 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 4,075 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Displacement9% 3,239 stories · more than usual (usually 4%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,938 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 903 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 495 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 killed7,868 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected6,990 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting arrests5,318 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees3,035 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people injured2,626 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions757 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people displaced255 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations159 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill25 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout two-thirds of 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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