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58,748 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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Rights and justice in Sheung Wan, road crashes in Poland and protests in Tehran (Iran) drew the news. Bosnia's coverage was about 9 times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostHong Kong 59 in 100 of its 686 stories, usually 9
RegionOceania 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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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Rights & justice

Hong Kong

408 of its 686 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Sheung Wan accounted for 237 of Hong Kong's 408 stories about harm, carried by 202 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (283 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Sheung Wan stories →
Disasters & accidents

Poland

431 of its 799 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Warsaw accounted for 391 of Poland's 431 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (188 stories). Road crashes were named in 286 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Warsaw stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 453 of Iran's 548 stories about harm, carried by 374 outlets. 381 of Tehran's 453 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (268 stories). Drownings were named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

451 of its 886 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (153 stories). Landslides were named in 326 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Albania

60 of its 101 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tirana accounted for 52 of Albania's 60 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Gas explosion was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Palestine

379 of its 778 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Ramallah accounted for 315 of Palestine's 379 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (245 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Cyprus

191 of its 281 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Tornadoes were named in 96 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Peru

329 of its 489 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (262 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Congo

51 of its 67 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Indonesia (326 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Haiti (69 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Somalia (80 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in Cyprus (96 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Venezuela (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 58,748 stories about harm among 277,310 counted on 10 Feb.

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Hong Kong stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 9%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 277,310 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 11 February 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia93 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan78 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Syria77 in 100 of its 1,306 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Congo76 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen71 in 100 of its 399 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US603 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3395 Phoenix US433 stories about protests or strikes, of its 719 Tehran Iran381 stories about protests or strikes, of its 453 San Francisco US153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 746 Boston US102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1278

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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'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'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: 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 readSouth 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'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 Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'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 readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful 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 about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: 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'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about 9 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Bosnia about 9 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 88 stories about harm ● Czechia about twice as warm as the world's · 110 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,007 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as angry as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Congo about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Cyprus about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 191 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 17,335 stories · less than usual (usually 33%) Conflict & violence20% 11,571 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 10,843 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Health16% 9,159 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,965 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,827 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,888 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 981 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 killed13,714 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,868 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,849 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,095 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees2,142 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions940 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations821 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting people displaced485 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill38 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little more than 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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