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47,656 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 news turned to protests in Conakry (Guinea), illness in Port-au-Prince and the earthquake in Panama. Panama's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuinea 93 in 100 of its 242 stories, usually 30
RegionSoutheast Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Guinea

224 of its 242 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Conakry accounted for 207 of Guinea's 224 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. 207 of Conakry's 207 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (141 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Conakry stories →
Health

Haiti

166 of its 219 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 154 of Haiti's 166 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (146 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Displacement

Panama

117 of its 187 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Panama City accounted for 105 of Panama's 117 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Earthquake was named in 105 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

Panama over 30 days → its stories → Panama City stories →
Conflict & violence

Sweden

929 of its 1,837 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories). Avalanche was named in 244 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Colombia

274 of its 357 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 138 of Bogota's 159 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (180 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

North Korea

287 of its 754 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Tsunami was named in 62 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

969 of its 1,761 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (90 stories). HIV was named in 26 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

304 of its 366 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Mogadishu accounted for 212 of Somalia's 304 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (171 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Algeria

139 of its 184 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Algiers accounted for 126 of Algeria's 139 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

1,439 of its 2,816 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (149 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in South Sudan (76 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); tsunami in North Korea (62 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drought in Sudan (24 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hepatitis in Cameroon (11 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 20 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 47,656 stories about harm among 223,503 counted on 20 Feb.

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Guinea's news was 93% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%. of the day's 223,503 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Panama's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. On 21 February 2016, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guinea93 in 100 of its 242 stories · usually 30 · mostly rights & justice Tunisia85 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia83 in 100 of its 366 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia77 in 100 of its 357 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti76 in 100 of its 219 stories · usually 32 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US702 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2498 London UK330 stories about protests or strikes, of its 788 Conakry Guinea207 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207 Times Square US207 stories about protests or strikes, of its 377 Dallas US159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 313

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: too little coverage to readVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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 lessUganda: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 lessSpain: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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: too little coverage to readNiger: 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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 lessMalta: 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 lessMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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 lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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 readBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: 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 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 lessBahrain: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBolivia: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualIrvine, US -- conflict & violence: 72 stories, carried by 17 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 15 stories, carried by 28 outletsIndore, India -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsKentucky, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 88 stories, carried by 89 outletsBallarat, Australia -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 134 outletsOslo, Norway -- health: 25 stories, carried by 22 outletsNewport, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 15 outletsCarlton, UK -- health: 36 stories, carried by 145 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

● Norway warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bulgaria warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Irvine US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 72 stories ● Sunshine Coast Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 15 stories ● Indore India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Kentucky US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 88 stories ● Ballarat Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 20 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 14,663 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence23% 10,780 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Health17% 7,998 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 6,946 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,937 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,404 stories · less than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services3% 1,317 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 744 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 killed13,442 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,513 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,694 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,585 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,807 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting evacuations764 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced597 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about South Sudan and Pakistan Stories reporting abductions530 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill23 at about half the usual rate · most about Russia and the US

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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