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39,410 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 building collapse in Türkiye, rights and justice in Zagreb and protests in Khartoum (Sudan). Türkiye's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCroatia 62 in 100 of its 88 stories, usually 9
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 39
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Türkiye

530 of its 884 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Istanbul accounted for 428 of Türkiye's 530 stories about harm, carried by 346 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Building collapse was named in 107 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
Rights & justice

Croatia

55 of its 88 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Zagreb accounted for 54 of Croatia's 55 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Croatia over 30 days → its stories → Zagreb stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 62 of Sudan's 101 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 52 of Khartoum's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Conflict & violence

Cameroon

123 of its 173 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

249 of its 520 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Israel

796 of its 1,477 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (206 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

129 of its 220 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Snowstorms were named in 70 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with avalanche and landslides.

its stories →
Health

Denmark

83 of its 378 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Chile

47 of its 129 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

144 of Manbij's 164 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Kashmir (70 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); heatwave in Greenland (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in China (101 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); dengue in Philippines (69 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bird flu in Kuwait (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 39,410 stories about harm among 203,864 counted on 7 Feb.

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Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 203,864 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Kashmir's news mentioned snowstorms about 10 times as often as usual. Türkiye's news was 60% about people being harmed, against a usual 41%. On 7 February 2018, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan76 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice Syria74 in 100 of its 639 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Cameroon71 in 100 of its 173 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Greenland67 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents Croatia62 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 9 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Richmond US407 stories about protests or strikes, of its 683 Boston US324 stories about protests or strikes, of its 628 Washington US240 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1478 New York US206 stories about protests or strikes, of its 619 Manbij Syria144 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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 lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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 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: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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: 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 lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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 lessWestern 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSweden: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualEstonia: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCroatia: warmth about twice its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualJalingo, Nigeria -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsZagreb, Croatia -- rights & justice: 54 stories, carried by 57 outletsExeter, UK -- health: 24 stories, carried by 88 outletsGaroua, Cameroon -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 20 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- displacement: 49 stories, carried by 49 outletsHidalgo County, US -- shelter & services: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsBijapur, India -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 20 outletsRaebareli, India -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 18 stories, carried by 18 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

● Croatia warmth about twice usual ● Cuba warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Jalingo Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 11 stories ● Zagreb Croatia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 54 stories ● Exeter UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 24 stories ● Garoua Cameroon about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 49 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 13,074 stories · about as usual Health25% 9,567 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents19% 7,179 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 4,210 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,486 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,212 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,023 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 912 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 killed9,035 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,203 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,033 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,576 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting abductions499 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations409 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US Stories reporting refugees360 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced242 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill41 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany

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.

● Angera little less than 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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