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36,106 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 landslides in Mozambique, rights and justice in Banjul and violence in Baghdad. the Gambia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostMozambique 87 in 100 of its 234 stories, usually 25
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 47 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
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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Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

204 of its 234 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Maputo accounted for 195 of Mozambique's 204 stories about harm, carried by 276 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Landslides were named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Maputo stories →
Rights & justice

Gambia

162 of its 214 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Banjul accounted for 120 of the Gambia's 162 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (131 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Banjul stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

394 of its 543 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Baghdad accounted for 227 of Iraq's 394 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (283 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

492 of its 925 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (36 stories). Drought was named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

491 of its 739 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 316 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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Disasters & accidents

Iran

847 of its 1,252 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tehran accounted for 438 of Iran's 847 stories about harm, carried by 409 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (674 stories). Snowstorms were named in 291 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Morocco

67 of its 171 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Accidents were named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Slovenia

20 of its 60 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 4%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

293 of its 554 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (316 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Morocco (58 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (150 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in Iran (291 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Malawi (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 24 the day before
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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 36,106 stories about harm among 164,763 counted on 19 Feb.

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In Mozambique, 87% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 164,763 stories, as usual. Mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. On 19 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 →

Mozambique87 in 100 of its 234 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Gambia76 in 100 of its 214 stories · usually 29 · mostly rights & justice Syria73 in 100 of its 1,157 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq73 in 100 of its 543 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Bolivia72 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 51 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Coral Springs US586 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1435 Washington US549 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2552 London UK167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 738 Afrin Syria101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 521 Sacramento US98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134

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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited 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: 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 lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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 lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: 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 readOman: 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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 lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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 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 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: 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: 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 readCameroon: 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 readBulgaria: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBahrain: 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 lessArgentina: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican 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: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualVietnam: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUK: warmth about its own usualTonga: warmth about its own usualTogo: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualKiribati: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBolivia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreat Wall, China -- health: 21 stories, carried by 21 outletsMissouri, US -- rights & justice: 85 stories, carried by 87 outletsPennsylvania, US -- other: 38 stories, carried by 24 outletsBajaur, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 14 outletsFrankfurt, Germany -- health: 23 stories, carried by 24 outletsKigali, Rwanda -- shelter & services: 19 stories, carried by 14 outletsSwindon, UK -- health: 19 stories, carried by 15 outletsLa Paz, Bolivia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 28 stories, carried by 29 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

● Burkina Faso warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bolivia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Vietnam warmth about one and a half times usual ● Thailand warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Great Wall China about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Missouri US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 85 stories ● Pennsylvania US about twice as warm as the day's news · other · 38 stories ● Bajaur Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories ● Frankfurt Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 9,076 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence25% 8,957 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Health17% 6,179 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents17% 5,894 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,893 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,182 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 773 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 530 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 killed14,211 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting arrests4,763 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,501 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,333 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees524 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions476 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced280 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting evacuations203 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people falling ill47 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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