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19,806 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 news turned to building collapse in Türkiye, protests in Kiev (Ukraine) and violence in Tunis. Tunisia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was softer than usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria →
Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBulgaria 77 in 100 of its 77 stories, usually 16
RegionEast Asia 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
Tone of the words 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

201 of its 304 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Istanbul accounted for 152 of Türkiye's 201 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (128 stories). Building collapse was named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
Protests & strikes

Ukraine

71 of its 115 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Kiev accounted for 49 of Ukraine's 71 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. 44 of Kiev's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (45 stories).

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kiev stories →
Conflict & violence

Tunisia

56 of its 75 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tunis accounted for 53 of Tunisia's 56 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Rwanda

35 of its 52 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Ebola was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with outbreaks and malaria. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

China

541 of its 1,727 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 91 of Xinjiang's 123 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

86 of its 152 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Heavy rain was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

264 of its 394 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Kabul accounted for 177 of Afghanistan's 264 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

Bulgaria

59 of its 77 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Sofia accounted for 57 of Bulgaria's 59 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Displacement

Ethiopia

234 of its 410 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Addis Ababa accounted for 207 of Ethiopia's 234 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

164 of its 291 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: storms in New Zealand (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Iraq (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Philippines (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in UK (122 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in Brazil (10 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 10 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 19,806 stories about harm among 102,576 counted on 10 Feb.

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It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Türkiye. of the day's 102,576 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria. On 10 February 2018, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today. In Türkiye, 66% of the news was about people being harmed, where 43% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Türkiye, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan78 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice Bulgaria77 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 16 · mostly health Tunisia75 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Syria75 in 100 of its 413 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda67 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 43 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Minneapolis US161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186 Cedar Rapids US146 stories about protests or strikes, of its 151 Paris France136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 179 Broward County US134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 161 Washington US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 780

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited 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: 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: too little coverage to readSweden: 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 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: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: too little coverage to readPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: 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 lessPalestine: 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 lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-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 lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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 readAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: 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 lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish 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: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readUK: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualGrand Rapids, US -- disasters & accidents: 37 stories, carried by 36 outletsSeoul, South Korea -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 17 outletsIlorin, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsCairo, Egypt -- rights & justice: 59 stories, carried by 50 outletsKulgam, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 67 stories, carried by 45 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 47 stories, carried by 37 outletsGrand Bayou, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 177 stories, carried by 171 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

● Bulgaria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Brazil warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Grand Rapids US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 37 stories ● Seoul South Korea about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 26 stories ● Ilorin Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Cairo Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 59 stories ● Kulgam Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 67 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 6,740 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,888 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 3,139 stories · about as usual Health16% 3,062 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,189 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 639 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 539 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 336 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 killed5,173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,339 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,698 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured1,631 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced320 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees275 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions132 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations96 at about half the usual rate · most about Türkiye and New Zealand Stories reporting people falling ill25 at about two-thirds of 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little less than 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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