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36,034 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 protests in Cucuta (Colombia), violence in Kabul and people affected in Malaysia. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostVenezuela 70 in 100 of its 1,463 stories, usually 35
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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 →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

136 of its 269 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 62 of Cucuta's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (109 stories). Avalanche was named in 45 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Cucuta stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

274 of its 405 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Kabul accounted for 177 of Afghanistan's 274 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Train derailment was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

128 of its 636 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Diphtheria was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Costa Rica

15 of its 38 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Illness was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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

Venezuela

1,019 of its 1,463 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 167 of Caracas' 228 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (779 stories). Avalanche was named in 244 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

421 of its 747 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Dhaka accounted for 315 of Bangladesh's 421 stories about harm, carried by 363 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (117 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

200 of its 281 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Baghdad accounted for 130 of Iraq's 200 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

80 of its 210 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

137 of its 161 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Hiran accounted for 63 of Somalia's 137 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

111 of its 285 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Respiratory illness was named in 10 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.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Venezuela (244 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); illness in Brazil (31 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in Botswana (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Palestine (86 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Pakistan (67 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 36,034 stories about harm among 185,651 counted on 25 Feb.

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Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 185,651 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Colombia for the second day running. Mentions of the avalanche ran about three times their usual in Colombia's news. On 25 February 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia85 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Burkina Faso83 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq71 in 100 of its 281 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen71 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela70 in 100 of its 1,463 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chicago US394 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1758 Washington US263 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1407 Charlottesville US195 stories about protests or strikes, of its 288 Jerusalem Israel185 stories about protests or strikes, of its 373 Caracas Venezuela167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: 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 lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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 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 lessPoland: too little coverage to readPhilippines: 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 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 lessMauritius: 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 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-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: 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: 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 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: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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 readBrazil: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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 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 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 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 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMadagascar: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about twice its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualGuernsey: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNew Albany, US -- shelter & services: 18 stories, carried by 18 outletsBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 106 outletsRoma, Italy -- rights & justice: 209 stories, carried by 540 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- rights & justice: 37 stories, carried by 30 outletsTijuana, Mexico -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 23 outletsDaudzai, Afghanistan -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 13 outletsCharlottesville, US -- rights & justice: 288 stories, carried by 291 outletsDonbass, Ukraine -- shelter & services: 15 stories, carried by 15 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

● Italy warmth about twice usual ● Mexico warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual ● Vietnam warmth about one and a half times usual ● Guernsey warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● New Albany US about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 18 stories ● Bamako Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Roma Italy about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 209 stories ● Darfur Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 37 stories ● Tijuana Mexico about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 10,706 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Health20% 7,010 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 6,627 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 6,269 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,101 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,582 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 584 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 550 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 killed9,515 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,565 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,587 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,124 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations402 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting refugees346 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Venezuela Stories reporting people displaced207 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions201 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Azerbaijan and India Stories reporting people falling ill25 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Latvia

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.

● Angerabout as 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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