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31,828 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Kherson (Ukraine), people injured in Belarus and illness in Sofia. Bulgaria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBelarus 52 in 100 of its 62 stories, usually 9
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Protests & strikes

Ukraine

88 of its 216 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 33 of Kherson's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kherson stories →
Rights & justice

Belarus

32 of its 62 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Peru

30 of its 78 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Heavy rain was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with landslides.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Haiti

47 of its 133 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 21 of Port-au-Prince's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Rights & justice

Nicaragua

31 of its 39 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Managua accounted for 31 of Nicaragua's 31 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories).

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Health

DR Congo

Ituri accounted for 27 of the DR Congo's 29 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Haemorrhagic fever was named in 26 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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Health

Rwanda

Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (21 stories). Ebola was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

103 of Hawar's 137 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: haemorrhagic fever in DR Congo (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Rwanda (27 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in New Zealand (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Philippines (42 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Peru (14 of its stories, about 6 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 11 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 31,828 stories about harm among 177,181 counted on 11 Feb.

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In the DR Congo's news, mentions of haemorrhagic fever ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 177,181 stories, below the usual 19. It was the second day running that the news turned to Ukraine. A year earlier, on 11 February 2018, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Ukraine stood out: 41% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 21%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria75 in 100 of its 605 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan70 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice Somalia61 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda51 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 44 · mostly health Yemen50 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US217 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1400 Tehran Iran158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 264 Hebron Palestine137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 179 Jerusalem Israel121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 315 Hawar Syria103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: 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: 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 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 lessThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 lessSweden: 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 Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: 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 lessRussia: 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 lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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 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 lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: 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: 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 lessLebanon: 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 lessJamaica: 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 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 lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: 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 readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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 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 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: 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: 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: 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 lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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 lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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 readSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCuba: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualFlorida Keys, US -- disasters & accidents: 35 stories, carried by 35 outletsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- displacement: 42 stories, carried by 36 outletsOrange County, US -- disasters & accidents: 548 stories, carried by 410 outletsRoma, Italy -- rights & justice: 92 stories, carried by 87 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 200 stories, carried by 192 outletsOttawa, Canada -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 71 stories, carried by 96 outletsAndhra, India -- rights & justice: 34 stories, carried by 24 outletsCanberra, Australia -- displacement: 68 stories, carried by 70 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

● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cuba warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ethiopia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mexico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Brazil warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Florida Keys US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 35 stories ● Addis Ababa Ethiopia about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 42 stories ● Orange County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 548 stories ● Roma Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 92 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 200 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 9,874 stories · about as usual Health21% 6,555 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 5,990 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 4,334 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,952 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,059 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 795 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 635 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 killed7,912 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,342 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected2,893 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured1,906 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees436 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced292 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions240 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting evacuations140 at about half the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting people falling ill71 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 much softer than 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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