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57,866 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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Train derailment in Luxembourg, people displaced in Siem Reap and violence in Lima drew the news. Pakistan's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostLuxembourg 67 in 100 of its 209 stories, usually 9
RegionEast Asia 18 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Luxembourg

141 of its 209 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Bettembourg accounted for 131 of Luxembourg's 141 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (114 stories). Train derailment was named in 104 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Luxembourg over 30 days → its stories → Bettembourg stories →
Displacement

Cambodia

181 of its 324 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Siem Reap accounted for 111 of Cambodia's 181 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (149 stories). Hunger was named in 79 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Siem Reap stories →
Conflict & violence

Peru

151 of its 261 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Lima accounted for 135 of Peru's 151 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

1,228 of its 2,338 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 379 of Lahore's 584 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (524 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Taiwan

371 of its 574 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Taipei accounted for 331 of Taiwan's 371 stories about harm, carried by 296 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (342 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Displacement

South Sudan

217 of its 233 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Shilluk accounted for 135 of South Sudan's 217 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (144 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm 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

Congo

211 of its 256 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Venezuela

410 of its 853 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (84 stories). Landslides were named in 65 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Food & livelihood

Zimbabwe

287 of its 649 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Harare accounted for 210 of Zimbabwe's 287 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. Drought was named in 179 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with bird flu and flu.

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Protests & strikes

Vietnam

122 of its 475 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 20 of Ho Chi Minh City's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Zimbabwe (179 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Mozambique (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Sri Lanka (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); avalanche in Latvia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Venezuela (65 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 14 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 57,866 stories about harm among 280,044 counted on 14 Feb.

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Luxembourg's news was 67% about people being harmed, against a usual 9%. of the day's 280,044 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia. Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in Luxembourg's news. A year earlier, on 15 February 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic94 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan93 in 100 of its 233 stories · usually 69 · mostly displacement Congo82 in 100 of its 256 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Syria75 in 100 of its 1,011 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia70 in 100 of its 253 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US796 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3544 Lahore Pakistan379 stories about protests or strikes, of its 584 Cairo Egypt179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 245 Jakarta Indonesia140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 257 Cheyenne River US111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: feelings about like the world'sCayman 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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'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 readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Caledonia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVatican City: 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

● Congo about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 211 stories about harm ● Pakistan about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,228 stories about harm ● Taiwan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 371 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 167 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 754 stories about harm ● Luxembourg about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 141 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 16,958 stories · less than usual (usually 33%) Health20% 11,259 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence17% 9,818 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents15% 8,413 stories · about as usual Displacement7% 3,880 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,770 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,879 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,848 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 killed13,546 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,434 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,263 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,460 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting evacuations1,977 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting refugees1,622 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and South Sudan Stories reporting abductions523 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people displaced409 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about South Sudan and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill26 at about half 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
● 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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