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What the world's news said happened to people.
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37,738 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 day's news pointed at protests in Baghdad (Iraq), the earthquake in Taiwan and violence in Dinka. South Sudan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTaiwan 68 in 100 of its 275 stories, usually 11
RegionOceania 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

642 of its 891 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Baghdad accounted for 493 of Iraq's 642 stories about harm, carried by 324 outlets. 455 of Baghdad's 493 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (283 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

186 of its 275 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (159 stories). Earthquake was named in 160 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

205 of its 219 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Dinka accounted for 172 of South Sudan's 205 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (140 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Dinka stories →
Rights & justice

Paraguay

22 of its 23 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

New Zealand

820 of its 1,296 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Farewell Spit accounted for 691 of New Zealand's 820 stories about harm, carried by 543 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (700 stories). Accidents were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

438 of its 733 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 262 of Espirito Santo's 272 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (19 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Panama

154 of its 318 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 12 of Panama City's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (133 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

1,769 of its 3,310 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,261 stories). Earthquake was named in 1,294 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption and tsunami. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

160 of its 231 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Tripoli accounted for 117 of Libya's 160 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Belarus

158 of its 228 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Minsk accounted for 156 of Belarus' 158 stories about harm, carried by 197 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Philippines (1294 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Indonesia (153 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Bolivia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Israel (86 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Gabon (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 37,738 stories about harm among 161,667 counted on 11 Feb.

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Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. In the Philippines' news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. On 12 February 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 23 today. 23 in every 100 of the day's 161,667 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan94 in 100 of its 219 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan81 in 100 of its 524 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Poland73 in 100 of its 823 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq72 in 100 of its 891 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Belarus69 in 100 of its 228 stories · usually 12 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US638 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2325 Baghdad Iraq455 stories about protests or strikes, of its 493 Espirito Santo Brazil262 stories about protests or strikes, of its 272 Paris France162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 325 Ulster County US157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 165

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: 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 lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPoland: 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 lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: 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 lessKyrgyzstan: 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 readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: 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 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 lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: 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 lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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 lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 lessBarbados: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 lessAfghanistan: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIreland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGabon: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTripoli, Libya -- conflict & violence: 117 stories, carried by 109 outletsOrange County, US -- conflict & violence: 108 stories, carried by 14 outletsUpper Nile, South Sudan -- displacement: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBudaun, India -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsMississippi, US -- health: 27 stories, carried by 54 outletsHamadan, Iran -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 25 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 12 outletsPortsmouth, UK -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 18 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

● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual ● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual ● Brazil warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iran warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ireland warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Tripoli Libya about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 117 stories ● Orange County US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 108 stories ● Upper Nile South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 10 stories ● Budaun India about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Mississippi US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 27 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 11,569 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 8,406 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence19% 7,192 stories · about as usual Health15% 5,675 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,751 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,295 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 826 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 479 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 killed10,962 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,589 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,632 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,121 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting refugees1,162 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions703 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ireland and the US Stories reporting evacuations348 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced339 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill26 at about two-thirds of 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 →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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