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35,716 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 violence in Dakar, rights and justice in Yangon and people injured in South Africa. Senegal's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and North Macedonia → Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSenegal 56 in 100 of its 98 stories, usually 14
RegionOceania 23 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

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Conflict & violence

Senegal

55 of its 98 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Dakar accounted for 55 of Senegal's 55 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (51 stories). Ebola was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

138 of its 166 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Yangon accounted for 120 of Myanmar's 138 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

South Africa

517 of its 1,547 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (184 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Rwanda

45 of its 85 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Ebola was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Uganda

119 of its 240 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kampala accounted for 87 of Uganda's 119 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (84 stories).

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Health

Belgium

141 of its 399 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Brussels accounted for 128 of Belgium's 141 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

Congo

64 of its 94 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

77 of its 98 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Tripoli accounted for 39 of Libya's 77 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

North Korea

71 of its 296 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories). Hunger was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

158 of its 337 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 38 of Dhaka's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (57 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Mexico (120 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Greenland (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Italy (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in North Korea (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in Tanzania (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 35,716 stories about harm among 197,104 counted on 1 Feb.

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Senegal's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. of the day's 197,104 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and North Macedonia. In Rwanda's news, mentions of Ebola ran about 7 times their usual. Over January, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in January 2018.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar83 in 100 of its 166 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Libya79 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan69 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Congo68 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 43 · mostly health Somalia67 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chicago US221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1792 Washington US152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1021 Jerusalem Israel134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 401 Madrid Spain119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148 Tokyo Japan103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 252

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiue: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Sri Lanka about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 85 stories about harm ● Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Congo about twice as fearful as the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 478 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 174 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as fearful as the world's · 118 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 10,645 stories · about as usual Health22% 7,820 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents20% 7,107 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 3,938 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,891 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,570 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,078 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 908 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 killed9,489 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,510 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,084 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,056 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and South Africa Stories reporting refugees499 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions283 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iran and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced217 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations202 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill174 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and North Macedonia

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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