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40,477 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 road crashes in North Macedonia, violence in Jammu and protests in Port-au-Prince (Haiti). Kashmir's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNorth Macedonia 52 in 100 of its 220 stories, usually 8
RegionSouth Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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

North Macedonia

114 of its 220 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Skopje accounted for 110 of North Macedonia's 114 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (94 stories). Road crashes were named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories → Skopje stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

493 of its 618 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Jammu accounted for 223 of Kashmir's 493 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (399 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Health

Russia

Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Poisoning was named in 130 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with train derailment and outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Solomon Islands

32 of its 41 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Santa Cruz Island accounted for 30 of the Solomon Islands' 32 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

El Salvador

44 of its 65 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. el Mozote accounted for 37 of el Salvador's 44 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

638 of its 1,509 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (240 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vanuatu

16 of its 21 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Cyclone was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Norway

56 of its 325 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Extreme cold was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

430 of its 1,256 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Zimbabwe (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Vanuatu (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in Norway (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in Saudi Arabia (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Vietnam (12 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 14 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 40,477 stories about harm among 209,848 counted on 14 Feb.

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In North Macedonia, 52% of the news was about people being harmed, where 8% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 209,848 stories, as usual. Mentions of road crashes ran more than ten times their usual in North Macedonia's news. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 14 February 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Kashmir80 in 100 of its 618 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Syria77 in 100 of its 577 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan76 in 100 of its 146 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Guatemala69 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador68 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Coral Springs US583 stories about protests or strikes, of its 937 Washington US310 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2269 Denver US164 stories about protests or strikes, of its 261 Tampa US151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 187 Chicago US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1103

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: 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: 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 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 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: 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 Korea: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: 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 lessParaguay: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readIndonesia: 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: 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 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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 lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: too little coverage to readHeard & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 30 outletsStaffordshire, UK -- disasters & accidents: 17 stories, carried by 54 outletsAiken County, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsClark County, US -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 21 outletsEnugu, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 16 stories, carried by 12 outletsPanama City, Panama -- other: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 48 stories, carried by 66 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 109 stories, carried by 78 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

● Mexico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Brazil warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bamako Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 29 stories ● Staffordshire UK about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 17 stories ● Aiken County US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Clark County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Enugu Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 11,360 stories · less than usual (usually 33%) Health21% 8,380 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 8,133 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents16% 6,303 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,897 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,547 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,187 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 815 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 killed11,588 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,017 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected3,941 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,313 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations468 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting refugees414 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced270 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions225 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting people falling ill58 at about the usual rate

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
● Feara little more 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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