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12,707 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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Most of the day's attention went to deaths in Moshi, illness in Wuhan and violence in Idlib. Syria's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about China and India → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 42 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostTanzania 79 in 100 of its 96 stories, usually 19
RegionEast Asia 67 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Tanzania

76 of its 96 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Moshi accounted for 56 of Tanzania's 76 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Tanzania over 30 days → its stories → Moshi stories →
Health

China

2,598 of its 3,440 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Wuhan accounted for 1,572 of China's 2,598 stories about harm, carried by 1,589 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (328 stories). HIV was named in 72 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with bird flu and drownings.

China over 30 days → its stories → Wuhan stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

104 of its 134 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Idlib accounted for 72 of Syria's 104 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Idlib stories →
Rights & justice

Armenia

16 of its 25 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Thailand

40 of its 109 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). HIV was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flu. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

Taiwan

45 of its 79 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Taipei accounted for 32 of Taiwan's 45 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Health

Mexico

62 of its 175 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Illness was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

UK

944 of its 4,111 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (235 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 68 of Iraq's 101 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. 52 of Baghdad's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Lebanon

15 of Beirut's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Dominican Republic (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Kenya (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Somalia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Thailand (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Philippines (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 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 2 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 12,707 stories about harm among 55,777 counted on 2 Feb.

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Tanzania's news was 79% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. of the day's 55,777 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Evacuations were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about China and India. Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In the Dominican Republic's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about three times their usual. This week the news turned most often to China, on 7 of 7 days; help rose on 7 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico97 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 80 · mostly disasters & accidents Tanzania79 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 19 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Syria78 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence China76 in 100 of its 3,440 stories · usually 48 · mostly health Iraq62 in 100 of its 164 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 325 Wuhan China95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1572 Baghdad Iraq52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68 Washington US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 222 Beijing China28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 240

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUS: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTanzania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 104 stories about harm ● Tanzania about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 76 stories about harm ● Kashmir about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 16 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 23 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health42% 5,324 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice20% 2,523 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents14% 1,723 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence12% 1,448 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 554 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 423 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 357 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 199 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 killed4,213 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,537 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about China and the US Stories reporting arrests1,152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured875 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting evacuations560 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about China and India Stories reporting refugees146 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced79 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill63 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.

● Angera little less than 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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