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43,541 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 rights and justice in Velka Maca, the tsunami in Papua New Guinea and violence in Khojaly. Azerbaijan'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 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSlovakia 73 in 100 of its 279 stories, usually 12
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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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Rights & justice

Slovakia

205 of its 279 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Velka Maca accounted for 197 of Slovakia's 205 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (178 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Slovakia over 30 days → its stories → Velka Maca stories →
Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

554 of its 708 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Porgera accounted for 323 of Papua New Guinea's 554 stories about harm, carried by 288 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (364 stories). Tsunami was named in 380 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides.

Papua New Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Porgera stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

152 of its 239 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Khojaly accounted for 140 of Azerbaijan's 152 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories → Khojaly stories →
Protests & strikes

Rwanda

59 of its 115 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 39 of Kiziba's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

United Arab Emirates

352 of its 1,213 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (66 stories). Drownings were named in 285 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

1,662 of its 2,074 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Ghouta accounted for 1,349 of Syria's 1,662 stories about harm, carried by 915 outlets. Helicopter crash was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Congo

152 of its 181 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Mozambique

102 of its 137 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Poisoning was named in 89 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Palestine

708 of its 1,105 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Ramallah accounted for 530 of Palestine's 708 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (372 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Norway

72 of its 260 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (45 stories). Plane crash was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in United Arab Emirates (285 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Mozambique (89 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Italy (163 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Norway (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Netherlands (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 43,541 stories about harm among 193,650 counted on 26 Feb.

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Slovakia stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 12%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 193,650 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. In the United Arab Emirates' news, mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 26 February 2017, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo84 in 100 of its 181 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Somalia83 in 100 of its 190 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 2,074 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Guinea80 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen78 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US574 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2672 Ghouta Syria348 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1349 Beijing China147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236 Broward County US147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 730 Jerusalem Israel145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 349

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 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: 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 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 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 lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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 Korea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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 lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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 lessMauritius: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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 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 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 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 lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: 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 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 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: 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: 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBurundi: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualSan Bernardino County, US -- rights & justice: 82 stories, carried by 86 outletsEast Lothian, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 13 stories, carried by 37 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 131 stories, carried by 94 outletsBuhari, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 18 outletsDavao City, Philippines -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 17 outletsWhitehall, UK -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 33 outletsMontana, US -- rights & justice: 44 stories, carried by 19 outletsBerlin, Germany -- conflict & violence: 158 stories, carried by 156 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

● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Romania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● San Bernardino County US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 82 stories ● East Lothian UK about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 13 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 131 stories ● Buhari Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 25 stories ● Davao City Philippines about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 11,909 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence23% 10,004 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents18% 7,513 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Health17% 7,441 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,846 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,068 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 1,039 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 827 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 killed15,555 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,621 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,066 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,579 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions918 at about twice the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees652 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations341 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced316 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill34 at about half 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 →

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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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