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64,753 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 people killed in Chad, a disaster in Havana and people displaced in Budapest. Chad's coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEl Salvador 86 in 100 of its 93 stories, usually 25
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
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

Chad

71 of its 102 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (59 stories). Hepatitis was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Chad over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

174 of its 396 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Havana accounted for 156 of Cuba's 174 stories about harm, carried by 211 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (153 stories). Ebola was named in 149 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Displacement

Hungary

168 of its 312 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Budapest accounted for 142 of Hungary's 168 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (138 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Syria

1,327 of its 1,647 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (422 stories). Extreme cold was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Sweden

403 of its 939 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Malaria was named in 98 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Displacement

Kenya

549 of its 1,222 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (242 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

989 of its 2,926 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (219 stories). Drownings were named in 75 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

Haiti

81 of its 158 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Cholera was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

102 of its 299 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Hurricane was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Haiti (58 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in Japan (208 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Puerto Rico (40 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Mexico (109 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Sweden (98 of its stories, more than ten 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 9 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 64,753 stories about harm among 298,928 counted on 9 Feb.

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In Chad, 70% of the news was about people being harmed, where 21% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 298,928 stories, as usual. Mentions of Ebola ran more than ten times their usual in Cuba's news. A year earlier, on 10 February 2016, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

El Salvador86 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 25 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan83 in 100 of its 1,042 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia81 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice Syria81 in 100 of its 1,647 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen70 in 100 of its 468 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3907 Phoenix US668 stories about protests or strikes, of its 891 San Francisco US475 stories about protests or strikes, of its 807 Dallas US352 stories about protests or strikes, of its 433 Cape Town South Africa193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 266

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'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'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 Kingdom: 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 readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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 readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: 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'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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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'sGhana: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench 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'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'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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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 about twice as fearful 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'sPuerto Rico: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about 6 times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Tunisia about 6 times as fearful as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Rwanda about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,327 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 326 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 860 stories about harm ● Haiti about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 81 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 20,925 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 11,727 stories · about as usual Health18% 11,297 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 10,440 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,948 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 2,616 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,587 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 998 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 killed14,672 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests9,396 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,732 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,381 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees2,974 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions706 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced530 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations345 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill28 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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The words in the day's stories were about as 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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