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24,048 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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Most of the day's attention went to flooding in Albania, violence in Sanaa and rights and justice in Macerata. Yemen's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostItaly 60 in 100 of its 1,012 stories, usually 19
RegionEurope 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Albania

88 of its 92 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tirana accounted for 82 of Albania's 88 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (76 stories). Flooding was named in 65 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

291 of its 328 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Sanaa accounted for 277 of Yemen's 291 stories about harm, carried by 212 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (130 stories). Outbreaks were named in 129 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Rights & justice

Italy

606 of its 1,012 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Macerata accounted for 433 of Italy's 606 stories about harm, carried by 431 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (491 stories).

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Macerata stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Syria

587 of its 711 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Idlib accounted for 291 of Syria's 587 stories about harm, carried by 280 outlets. Poisoning was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

123 of its 289 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (50 stories). Earthquake was named in 101 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

North Macedonia

48 of its 102 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Flooding was named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Maldives

303 of its 405 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (142 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

93 of its 201 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

714 of its 1,234 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jenin accounted for 571 of Palestine's 714 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Taiwan (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in North Macedonia (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Guinea (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Madagascar (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Russia (84 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 4 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 24,048 stories about harm among 108,780 counted on 4 Feb.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 108,780 stories, as usual. Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Taiwan's news. In Albania, 96% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual. On 4 February 2017, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Albania96 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen89 in 100 of its 328 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Syria83 in 100 of its 711 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Benin75 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 18 · mostly disasters & accidents Maldives75 in 100 of its 405 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Macerata Italy213 stories about protests or strikes, of its 433 Sanaa Yemen113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 277 Jenin Palestine99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 571 Pisgah US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95 Columbus US88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 119

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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: 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 lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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 lessRwanda: 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: 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 lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 lessMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: 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 lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: 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 readCanada: 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 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 lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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 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 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 lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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 lessCrimea: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualMadagascar: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualStevenage, UK -- disasters & accidents: 28 stories, carried by 46 outletsMinnesota, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 19 outletsWaterloo, Canada -- shelter & services: 23 stories, carried by 17 outletsSurat, India -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsCanberra, Australia -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 49 outletsNiger Delta, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsOmaha, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 18 stories, carried by 12 outletsBerlin, Germany -- rights & justice: 37 stories, carried by 34 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

● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Stevenage UK about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 28 stories ● Minnesota US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Waterloo Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 23 stories ● Surat India about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Canberra Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 21 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 6,355 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents23% 5,450 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence20% 4,761 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Health16% 3,879 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,308 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 766 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 677 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 472 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 killed8,180 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,014 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting arrests2,926 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,598 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions426 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about South Sudan and the US Stories reporting people displaced359 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Yemen and the US Stories reporting evacuations325 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Albania and Palestine Stories reporting refugees297 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria

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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