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What the world's news said happened to people.
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25,419 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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Illness in Reykjavik, the avalanche in Switzerland and the cyclone in Bangladesh drew the news. Azerbaijan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and South Korea → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIceland 69 in 100 of its 185 stories, usually 22
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

Iceland

127 of its 185 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reykjavik accounted for 97 of Iceland's 127 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. HIV was named in 118 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. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Iceland over 30 days → its stories → Reykjavik stories →
Disasters & accidents

Switzerland

84 of its 278 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Avalanche was named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Switzerland over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

337 of its 585 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (37 stories). Cyclone was named in 38 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

26 of its 65 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Syria

1,455 of its 1,674 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Ghouta accounted for 1,240 of Syria's 1,455 stories about harm, carried by 730 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

245 of its 366 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Baghdad accounted for 159 of Iraq's 245 stories about harm, carried by 178 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (67 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

150 of its 189 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Mogadishu accounted for 134 of Somalia's 150 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sierra Leone

19 of its 31 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 13 of Freetown's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Displacement

Jordan

113 of its 355 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

95 of its 112 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Papua New Guinea (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Brazil (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Germany (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in US (887 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Russia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 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 25 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 25,419 stories about harm among 111,876 counted on 25 Feb.

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In Iceland, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 111,876 stories, above the usual 21. Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and South Korea. Iceland's news mentioned HIV more than ten times as often as usual. This week the news turned most often to Syria, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria87 in 100 of its 1,674 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen85 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Congo83 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia79 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Iceland69 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 22 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US429 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1414 Ghouta Syria424 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1240 Jerusalem Israel167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 441 Charlotte US160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 402 Florida US80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 380

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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 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 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 lessIraq: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: 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 lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: 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 lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualNew Forest, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 18 stories, carried by 15 outletsSan Bernardino County, US -- rights & justice: 55 stories, carried by 55 outletsDoncaster, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 18 stories, carried by 51 outletsBerlin, Germany -- health: 45 stories, carried by 34 outletsGobar Dhan, India -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsChhattisgarh, India -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 21 outletsSalmon Creek, Canada -- health: 20 stories, carried by 23 outletsKo Phi Phi, Thailand -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 15 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

● Cambodia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● New Forest UK about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 18 stories ● San Bernardino County US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 55 stories ● Doncaster UK about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 18 stories ● Berlin Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 45 stories ● Gobar Dhan India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 6,770 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence26% 6,546 stories · much more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents18% 4,551 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Health14% 3,598 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,634 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 888 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 638 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 350 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 killed10,163 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people affected3,527 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting arrests2,977 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,169 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations617 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and South Korea Stories reporting abductions548 at about twice the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees409 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced272 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill39 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 softer 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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