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31,677 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 a disaster in Kabul, violence in Istanbul and people killed in Taiwan. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much 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 volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 58 in 100 of its 366 stories, usually 30
RegionSoutheast Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

642 of its 750 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Kabul accounted for 404 of Afghanistan's 642 stories about harm, carried by 313 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (196 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

549 of its 753 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Istanbul accounted for 376 of Türkiye's 549 stories about harm, carried by 338 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (465 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
Health

Taiwan

38 of its 179 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Flu was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with respiratory illness. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Palestine

325 of its 548 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Ramallah accounted for 307 of Palestine's 325 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

368 of its 654 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (180 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

50 of its 82 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Peru

40 of its 107 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 19 of Lima's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).

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Displacement

Greece

170 of its 386 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (145 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

964 of its 2,000 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (183 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hiv in Romania (103 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Poland (24 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Iceland (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); extreme cold in Ireland (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Israel (59 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 5 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 31,677 stories about harm among 139,779 counted on 5 Feb.

Read the day's briefing

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 139,779 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Romania's news mentioned HIV more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia. On 6 February 2016, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 23 today. This week the news turned most often to Romania, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 4 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan86 in 100 of its 750 stories · usually 66 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen80 in 100 of its 190 stories · usually 79 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Ukraine73 in 100 of its 478 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye73 in 100 of its 753 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Syria69 in 100 of its 615 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US929 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2300 Stonewall Inn US412 stories about protests or strikes, of its 589 Seattle US319 stories about protests or strikes, of its 901 San Francisco US249 stories about protests or strikes, of its 345 Bucharest Romania181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186

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'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: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSingapore: 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: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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 readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGhana: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readYemen: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIsrael: 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'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 · 349 stories about harm ● Taiwan few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 642 stories about harm ● Bahrain about three times as fearful as the world's · 87 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 152 stories about harm ● Jordan few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 49 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 9,003 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence24% 7,577 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents14% 4,490 stories · about as usual Health14% 4,320 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Displacement9% 2,948 stories · much more than usual (usually 4%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,652 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 628 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 417 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 killed8,347 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,987 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting arrests3,994 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,259 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees2,617 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting abductions347 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced204 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations107 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill26 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 much harsher than 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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