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45,477 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 people killed in Switzerland, violence in Mogadishu and protests in Kiziba (Rwanda). Somalia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSudan 86 in 100 of its 343 stories, usually 54
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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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Switzerland

247 of its 635 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (125 stories). Wildfires were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Switzerland over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

388 of its 464 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Mogadishu accounted for 345 of Somalia's 388 stories about harm, carried by 265 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (218 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Protests & strikes

Rwanda

106 of its 179 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 35 of Kiziba's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kiziba stories →
Food & livelihood

Belgium

Brussels accounted for 153 of Belgium's 183 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Meningitis was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Israel

182 of Jerusalem's 323 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (535 stories). Tsunami was named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Sudan

295 of its 343 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (262 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Ecuador

27 of its 54 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 10 of Quito's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Bangladesh

344 of its 566 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (163 stories). Cyclone was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Health

Mongolia

21 of its 49 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Respiratory illness was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Argentina

88 of its 260 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Buenos Aires accounted for 68 of Argentina's 88 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Indonesia (92 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Cuba (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Mongolia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Tunisia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Colombia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 22 the day before
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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 45,477 stories about harm among 208,047 counted on 23 Feb.

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Switzerland stood out: 39% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 14%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 208,047 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 23 February 2017, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan86 in 100 of its 343 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Somalia84 in 100 of its 464 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Syria82 in 100 of its 1,742 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan71 in 100 of its 214 stories · usually 61 · mostly rights & justice Bangladesh61 in 100 of its 566 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Broward County US700 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1372 Washington US651 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2639 Ghouta Syria340 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1038 Houston US214 stories about protests or strikes, of its 636 Chicago US183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 473

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 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 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 lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 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 lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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 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 lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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: 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 readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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 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: 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 lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: 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 readAlbania: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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 usualVietnam: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHerat, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 60 stories, carried by 58 outletsPennsylvania, US -- other: 46 stories, carried by 27 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- food & livelihood: 153 stories, carried by 122 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsAlexandria, Egypt -- conflict & violence: 44 stories, carried by 42 outletsIstanbul, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 81 stories, carried by 72 outletsAgadez, Niger -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsArctic National Wildlife Refuge, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 10 stories, carried by 18 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

● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Saudi Arabia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Herat Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 60 stories ● Pennsylvania US about twice as warm as the day's news · other · 46 stories ● Brussels Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 153 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Alexandria Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 44 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 13,506 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence23% 10,377 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Health19% 8,492 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 5,564 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 3,400 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,260 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,120 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,010 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 killed17,655 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting arrests6,194 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,875 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,022 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees614 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Rwanda and the US Stories reporting abductions575 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced427 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations389 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill46 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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
● 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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