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61,982 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 violence in Tillaberi, illness in Pyongyang and protests in Havana (Cuba). North Korea's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostNiger 98 in 100 of its 127 stories, usually 32
RegionCentral Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Niger

124 of its 127 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tillaberi accounted for 89 of Niger's 124 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Tillaberi stories →
Health

North Korea

476 of its 750 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Pyongyang accounted for 426 of North Korea's 476 stories about harm, carried by 315 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Protests & strikes

Cuba

132 of its 315 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 91 of Havana's 108 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (35 stories). Road crashes were named in 61 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

191 of its 232 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (135 stories). Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Libya over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Barbados

141 of its 264 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

103 of its 110 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Sarajevo accounted for 83 of Bosnia's 103 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Austria

136 of its 360 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

164 of its 263 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

1,195 of its 2,048 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (579 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Netherlands

249 of its 779 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Snowstorms were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in South Sudan (103 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Nicaragua (35 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); polio in Finland (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); rubella in Norway (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Sri Lanka (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 61,982 stories about harm among 286,903 counted on 23 Feb.

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Niger's news was 98% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. of the day's 286,903 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 24 February 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today.

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Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger98 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence Bosnia94 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Congo90 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Libya82 in 100 of its 232 stories · usually 57 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq76 in 100 of its 1,834 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1646 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3883 Anaheim US406 stories about protests or strikes, of its 546 Ketchikan US379 stories about protests or strikes, of its 380 Dallas US262 stories about protests or strikes, of its 432 New York US215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 769

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: 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: 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 lessSomalia: 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: 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 readPoland: 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 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 lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: 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 lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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 lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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 lessChad: 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: 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 lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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 lessBelarus: 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 lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualNicaragua: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBarbados: warmth about twice its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBambari, Central African Republic -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 15 outletsOdisha, India -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsBuhari, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 13 outletsBurlington, US -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsMorris County, US -- health: 30 stories, carried by 30 outletsGrayrigg, UK -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 13 outletsKiev, Ukraine -- disasters & accidents: 100 stories, carried by 152 outletsWilliton, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 10 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

● Barbados warmth about twice usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ukraine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mexico warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bambari Central African Republic about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Odisha India about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Buhari Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Burlington US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories ● Morris County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 30 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice38% 23,196 stories · much more than usual (usually 32%) Health19% 11,613 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 10,632 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents12% 7,455 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 3,304 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,946 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,614 stories · less than usual (usually 6%) Food & livelihood2% 1,209 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 killed14,618 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests10,330 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,776 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured3,292 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees1,398 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting evacuations845 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions717 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced704 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill57 at about the usual rate

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
● 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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