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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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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).

its stories →

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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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 lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: too little coverage to readSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: 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 readPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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 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: 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 lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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 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: too little coverage to readGhana: 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 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: 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: 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: too little coverage to readChad: 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 lessCameroon: 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: 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 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 lessBelarus: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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 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 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readZambia: warmth about its own usualYemen: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTajikistan: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGuyana: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualEstonia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBolivia: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahrain: warmth about twice its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAnchorage, US -- rights & justice: 347 stories, carried by 307 outletsShilluk, South Sudan -- displacement: 135 stories, carried by 156 outletsCommonwealth of Virginia, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 87 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsDinka, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 17 outletsMarikana, South Africa -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsTirana, Albania -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 10 outletsRedditch, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 25 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

● Bahrain warmth about twice usual ● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Anchorage US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 347 stories ● Shilluk South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 135 stories ● Commonwealth of Virginia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Bogota Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Dinka South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories

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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