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32,845 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 Bogota (Colombia), violence in Cairo and illness in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Colombia →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostColombia 86 in 100 of its 437 stories, usually 32
RegionCentral Asia 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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

Colombia

376 of its 437 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Bogota accounted for 283 of Colombia's 376 stories about harm, carried by 205 outlets. 272 of Bogota's 283 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (90 stories).

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

433 of its 612 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Cairo accounted for 340 of Egypt's 433 stories about harm, carried by 328 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (220 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Health

Malaysia

1,046 of its 1,630 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 956 of Malaysia's 1,046 stories about harm, carried by 729 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (590 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories → Kuala Lumpur stories →
Rights & justice

Gambia

220 of its 334 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Banjul accounted for 194 of the Gambia's 220 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Banjul stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Belarus

72 of its 93 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Minsk accounted for 71 of Belarus' 72 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. 71 of Minsk's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sweden

509 of its 1,006 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Avalanche was named in 155 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

700 of its 753 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Mogadishu accounted for 597 of Somalia's 700 stories about harm, carried by 436 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (501 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Mozambique

63 of its 75 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. 54 of Maputo's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Belgium

60 of its 183 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (49 stories). Train derailment was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

89 of Harare's 119 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Cyclone was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: train derailment in Belgium (36 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); avalanche in Sweden (155 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Sudan (25 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Eritrea (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in Philippines (56 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 32,845 stories about harm among 140,028 counted on 19 Feb.

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Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Colombia. Colombia's news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. of the day's 140,028 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. A year earlier, on 20 February 2016, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Malaysia, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia93 in 100 of its 753 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia86 in 100 of its 437 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique84 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan78 in 100 of its 453 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Belarus77 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 19 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dallas US369 stories about protests or strikes, of its 428 Bogota Colombia272 stories about protests or strikes, of its 283 Washington US248 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1346 Chennai India118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135 Kiev Ukraine101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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 readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than 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 fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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

● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 834 stories about harm ● Sweden about three times as fearful as the world's · 509 stories about harm ● Central African Republic few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Congo few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 700 stories about harm ● Gambia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 220 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 10,043 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence26% 8,399 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Health17% 5,455 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 4,614 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,707 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 986 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 935 stories · less than usual (usually 6%) Food & livelihood1% 320 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 killed10,465 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Malaysia Stories reporting arrests4,832 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,305 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people injured3,091 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Somalia Stories reporting evacuations967 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Colombia Stories reporting refugees791 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting abductions304 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced219 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about China and Japan

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.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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