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24,308 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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Protests in Fanling (Hong Kong), illness in Wuhan and violence in Jerusalem drew the news. Hong Kong's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 42 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSingapore 40 in 100 of its 315 stories, usually 19
RegionEast Asia 58 in 100 of its stories, usually 45
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

Hong Kong

110 of its 188 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 11 of Fanling's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Fanling stories →
Health

China

3,687 of its 5,483 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Wuhan accounted for 1,847 of China's 3,687 stories about harm, carried by 1,820 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Snowstorms were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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

Israel

188 of its 507 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Jerusalem accounted for 132 of Israel's 188 stories about harm, carried by 261 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
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Health

Singapore

127 of its 315 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Flu was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Health

Taiwan

70 of its 144 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Taipei accounted for 47 of Taiwan's 70 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

89 of its 229 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

63 of its 115 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

39 of its 100 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Illness was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Displacement

Mozambique

27 of its 44 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Colombia (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Australia (115 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Singapore (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in Türkiye (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in South Korea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 24,308 stories about harm among 116,588 counted on 7 Feb.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 116,588 stories, as usual. On 7 February 2019, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria73 in 100 of its 354 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence China67 in 100 of its 5,483 stories · usually 55 · mostly health Puerto Rico64 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 77 · mostly disasters & accidents Hong Kong59 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 35 · mostly health Maldives57 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 24 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 362 Wuhan China98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1847 Washington US88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 633 Jerusalem Israel46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 132 Hollywood US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 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: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: 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 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 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 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 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: too little coverage to readNew 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 lessFiji: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominican 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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 lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualNajaf, Iraq -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 36 outletsKano, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsPeshawar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 36 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 51 outletsKokrajhar, India -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 22 outletsLouisville, US -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 19 outletsUtah, US -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 17 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- health: 101 stories, carried by 36 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

● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Najaf Iraq about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 29 stories ● Kano Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Peshawar Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 29 stories ● Baghdad Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Kokrajhar India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 26 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health42% 9,981 stories · much more than usual (usually 32%) Rights & justice22% 5,330 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 3,885 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence9% 2,147 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 836 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 785 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 514 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 463 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 killed6,705 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,400 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,396 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,051 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations491 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about China and the US Stories reporting abductions197 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees178 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people displaced174 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill160 at about the usual rate

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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