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48,378 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 deaths in Bratislava, violence in Mopti and flooding in Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK →
Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostSlovakia 78 in 100 of its 376 stories, usually 33
RegionOceania 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Slovakia

293 of its 376 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Bratislava accounted for 270 of Slovakia's 293 stories about harm, carried by 314 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (258 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Slovakia over 30 days → its stories → Bratislava stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

176 of its 204 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Mopti accounted for 136 of Mali's 176 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (128 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Mopti stories →
Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

367 of its 430 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (174 stories). Flooding was named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Papua New Guinea over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Egypt

554 of its 979 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (209 stories). Train derailment was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Central African Republic

89 of its 107 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Markounda accounted for 81 of the Central African Republic's 89 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Albania

80 of its 112 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tirana accounted for 70 of Albania's 80 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (60 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Finland

106 of its 263 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Czechia

47 of its 173 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

314 of its 588 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

United Arab Emirates

163 of its 841 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (133 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: landslides in New Zealand (80 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Kenya (31 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Netherlands (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Venezuela (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Iran (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 48,378 stories about harm among 230,084 counted on 28 Feb.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Slovakia. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 230,084 stories, as usual. Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in New Zealand's news. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. Slovakia stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 33%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali86 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea85 in 100 of its 430 stories · usually 52 · mostly disasters & accidents Central African Republic83 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia79 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Slovakia78 in 100 of its 376 stories · usually 33 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US332 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2234 Ghouta Syria236 stories about protests or strikes, of its 706 Jerusalem Israel193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 379 Miami US140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1267 Charlottesville US134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155

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: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: 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 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: 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 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 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: 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 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 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: 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 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 lessIreland: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 lessGermany: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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: 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 lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: 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 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 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: 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 lessAzad 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: 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: 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 one and a half times its own usualVietnam: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 317 stories, carried by 327 outletsMopti, Mali -- conflict & violence: 136 stories, carried by 122 outletsToppenish, US -- conflict & violence: 57 stories, carried by 58 outletsOberkassel, Germany -- health: 70 stories, carried by 70 outletsPennsylvania, US -- other: 63 stories, carried by 46 outletsAdelaide, Australia -- health: 24 stories, carried by 18 outletsBeheira, Egypt -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsVancouver Island, Canada -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 25 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

● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bulgaria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Puerto Rico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kabul Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 317 stories ● Mopti Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 136 stories ● Toppenish US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 57 stories ● Oberkassel Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 70 stories ● Pennsylvania US about twice as warm as the day's news · other · 63 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 11,958 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence22% 10,328 stories · about as usual Health21% 9,773 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 8,216 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,084 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,585 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,550 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,001 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 killed16,453 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,575 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,707 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,217 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt Stories reporting abductions702 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees691 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced389 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations264 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill179 at about twice 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.