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33,304 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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Drownings in the Bahamas, violence in Mogadishu and protests in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) drew the news. Somalia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBahamas 49 in 100 of its 180 stories, usually 14
RegionOceania 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

89 of its 180 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Abaco accounted for 72 of the Bahamas' 89 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Drownings were named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake.

Bahamas over 30 days → its stories → Abaco stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

330 of its 370 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Mogadishu accounted for 241 of Somalia's 330 stories about harm, carried by 190 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (217 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

United Arab Emirates

124 of its 718 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. 49 of Abu Dhabi's 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

United Arab Emirates over 30 days → its stories → Abu Dhabi stories →
Health

Senegal

36 of its 55 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Dakar accounted for 35 of Senegal's 36 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Ebola was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks.

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

Iraq

259 of its 512 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Baghdad accounted for 175 of Iraq's 259 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Chad

36 of its 54 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Ndjamena accounted for 29 of Chad's 36 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Cuba

63 of its 120 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Havana accounted for 53 of Cuba's 63 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Hungary

96 of its 538 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Accidents were named in 80 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Italy

Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (140 stories). Avalanche was named in 130 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Canada

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Train derailment was named in 57 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with house fires. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: accidents in Hungary (80 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Italy (130 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Nepal (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Afghanistan (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 33,304 stories about harm among 170,609 counted on 4 Feb.

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The Bahamas' news was 49% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. of the day's 170,609 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Italy's news mentioned the avalanche more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to the Bahamas. A year earlier, on 4 February 2018, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia89 in 100 of its 370 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Syria69 in 100 of its 368 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan67 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Chad67 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 21 · mostly conflict & violence Senegal65 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 17 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Commonwealth of Virginia US507 stories about protests or strikes, of its 558 Brooklyn US414 stories about protests or strikes, of its 474 Kolkata India333 stories about protests or strikes, of its 370 Washington US308 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1433 Ramallah Palestine188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: 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 lessTaiwan: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSão 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 readRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: 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 lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 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 lessLibya: 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 lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIraq: 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 lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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 lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: 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: 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 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 lessBangladesh: too little coverage to readBahrain: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern 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: too little coverage to readAzad 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: 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 lessTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: 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: 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 its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEl Salvador: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualBritish Virgin Islands: warmth about its own usualBiloxi, US -- food & livelihood: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsSan Salvador, el Salvador -- conflict & violence: 71 stories, carried by 70 outletsKentucky, US -- health: 23 stories, carried by 22 outletsAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -- rights & justice: 84 stories, carried by 58 outletsManbij, Syria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsHodeida, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 31 outletsKogi, Nigeria -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 104 stories, carried by 89 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

● France warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Biloxi US about three times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 15 stories ● San Salvador El Salvador about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 71 stories ● Kentucky US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories ● Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 84 stories ● Manbij Syria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 10,490 stories · about as usual Health21% 6,805 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 6,403 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 4,545 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,126 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 957 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 784 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 646 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 killed8,843 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,444 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,127 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,749 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees394 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Venezuela Stories reporting evacuations341 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting people displaced260 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions188 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill30 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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