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64,950 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 rights and justice in Caracas, violence in Adiake and protests in Alberto Fujimori (Peru). Venezuela's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCôte d’Ivoire 77 in 100 of its 186 stories, usually 40
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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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Rights & justice

Venezuela

205 of its 338 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Caracas accounted for 162 of Venezuela's 205 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Conflict & violence

Côte d’Ivoire

143 of its 186 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Adiake accounted for 86 of Côte d’Ivoire's 143 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (107 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Côte d’Ivoire over 30 days → its stories → Adiake stories →
Health

Sweden

199 of its 615 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (49 stories). Ebola was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Central African Republic

98 of its 100 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Bangui accounted for 89 of the Central African Republic's 98 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

861 of its 1,064 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Kabul accounted for 528 of Afghanistan's 861 stories about harm, carried by 433 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (304 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ecuador

104 of its 159 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Quito accounted for 95 of Ecuador's 104 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

311 of its 656 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 170 of Harare's 209 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (76 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

38 of its 91 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (28 stories). Hurricane was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Russia

1,047 of its 3,240 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (26 stories). Drownings were named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with tornadoes.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Haiti (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Puerto Rico (23 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); bird flu in Latvia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Bangladesh (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in New Zealand (45 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 64,950 stories about harm among 299,303 counted on 8 Feb.

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Mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual in Haiti's news. of the day's 299,303 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Venezuela stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 38%. On 9 February 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic98 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen82 in 100 of its 727 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan81 in 100 of its 1,064 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia78 in 100 of its 1,438 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Côte d’Ivoire77 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1730 stories about protests or strikes, of its 4611 Seattle US509 stories about protests or strikes, of its 867 San Francisco US282 stories about protests or strikes, of its 741 Dallas US221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 330 Moscow Russia215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 707

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLesotho: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice 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'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: 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

● Afghanistan about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 861 stories about harm ● Central African Republic about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Ukraine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 223 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as fearful as the world's · 122 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 597 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 669 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 20,513 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 14,002 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Health19% 12,462 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents14% 8,725 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 2,622 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,363 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 2,110 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,128 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 killed14,871 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,645 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,790 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,208 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees2,127 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Austria Stories reporting abductions830 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced530 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations473 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill47 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria

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
● 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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