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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

how these are picked →
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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: too little coverage to readUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: too little coverage to readPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: too little coverage to readJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: too little coverage to readGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUganda: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCzechia: warmth about twice its own usualCyprus: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLipno, Czechia -- disasters & accidents: 92 stories, carried by 89 outletsPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- health: 56 stories, carried by 63 outletsPaillon, France -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 17 outletsAviemore, UK -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 15 outletsOrange County, US -- conflict & violence: 127 stories, carried by 29 outletsFlin Flon, Canada -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 64 outletsWhite Bear Lake, US -- shelter & services: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsZurich, Switzerland -- health: 23 stories, carried by 15 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Czechia warmth about twice usual ● Cyprus warmth about one and a half times usual ● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Haiti warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Lipno Czechia about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 92 stories ● Port-au-Prince Haiti about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 56 stories ● Paillon France about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Aviemore UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Orange County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 127 stories

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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