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What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
22,711 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 building collapse in Türkiye, violence in Tunis and people displaced in Addis Ababa. Tunisia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Ethiopia →
Part of lifeRights & justice 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostTunisia 87 in 100 of its 242 stories, usually 35
RegionOceania 23 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

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Türkiye

318 of its 450 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Istanbul accounted for 275 of Türkiye's 318 stories about harm, carried by 310 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (237 stories). Building collapse was named in 166 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
Conflict & violence

Tunisia

210 of its 242 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tunis accounted for 187 of Tunisia's 210 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (195 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Displacement

Ethiopia

125 of its 228 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Addis Ababa accounted for 86 of Ethiopia's 125 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Addis Ababa stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

463 of its 859 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 138 of Jerusalem's 191 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (98 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Chad

32 of its 48 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Ndjamena accounted for 25 of Chad's 32 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

South Korea

35 of its 166 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 18 of Seoul's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

277 of its 341 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Displacement

Spain

122 of its 533 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (69 stories). Landslides were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

UK

1,308 of its 5,393 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (187 stories). Road crashes were named in 158 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding, house fires and heavy rain.

its stories →
Health

Rwanda

20 of its 33 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Ebola was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: extreme cold in Palestine (90 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Kashmir (46 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); measles in Philippines (46 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); ebola in Rwanda (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); norovirus in Mexico (22 of its stories, more than ten 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 9 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 22,711 stories about harm among 116,177 counted on 9 Feb.

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The news turned to Türkiye for the third day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 116,177 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Türkiye's news, mentions of building collapse ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Ethiopia. Türkiye's news was 71% about people being harmed, against a usual 42%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tunisia87 in 100 of its 242 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence Syria81 in 100 of its 341 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia78 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Costa Rica75 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 29 · mostly rights & justice Türkiye71 in 100 of its 450 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France279 stories about protests or strikes, of its 373 Richmond US148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 517 Jerusalem Israel138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 Washington US123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 710 Karachi Pakistan102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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: 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: 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 lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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 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 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: 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: 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: 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 readEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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 lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 lessJammu & 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualLatvia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSeoul, South Korea -- health: 27 stories, carried by 22 outletsGrand Rapids, US -- shelter & services: 30 stories, carried by 35 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 45 stories, carried by 70 outletsOmaha, US -- health: 28 stories, carried by 24 outletsSabarimala, India -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 16 outletsNottingham, UK -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 17 outletsHarare, Zimbabwe -- rights & justice: 43 stories, carried by 22 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

● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tunisia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Seoul South Korea about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 27 stories ● Grand Rapids US about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 30 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 45 stories ● Omaha US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories ● Sabarimala India about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice37% 8,267 stories · more than usual (usually 33%) Health19% 4,337 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 4,250 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,900 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,171 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 686 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 482 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 333 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 killed5,636 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,247 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,234 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,893 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced358 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia Stories reporting refugees298 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions186 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations147 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and New Zealand Stories reporting people falling ill64 at about one and a half times 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 →

harshwarm

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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