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14,512 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 violence in Korat, people killed in Singapore and protests in Baghdad (Iraq). Thailand's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostThailand 78 in 100 of its 479 stories, usually 25
RegionCentral Asia 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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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Conflict & violence

Thailand

373 of its 479 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Korat accounted for 206 of Thailand's 373 stories about harm, carried by 618 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Korat stories →
Health

Singapore

93 of its 175 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories). Flu was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

China

2,134 of its 2,914 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Wuhan accounted for 1,265 of China's 2,134 stories about harm, carried by 1,540 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

155 of its 195 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Idlib accounted for 114 of Syria's 155 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Japan

152 of its 618 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 26 of Yemen's 32 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kazakhstan

48 of its 71 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories).

its stories →
Health

North Korea

8 of its 10 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Australia (65 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Russia (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); respiratory illness in Japan (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Philippines (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); building collapse in India (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 21 the day before
23 in 10017 in 10010 Jan17 Jan24 Jan31 Jan8 Feb10 Jan: 21 in 10011 Jan: 23 in 10012 Jan: 22 in 10013 Jan: 19 in 10014 Jan: 19 in 10015 Jan: 18 in 10016 Jan: 17 in 10017 Jan: 18 in 10018 Jan: 20 in 10019 Jan: 20 in 10020 Jan: 18 in 10021 Jan: 19 in 10022 Jan: 18 in 10023 Jan: 19 in 10024 Jan: 20 in 10025 Jan: 21 in 10026 Jan: 22 in 10027 Jan: 20 in 10028 Jan: 20 in 10029 Jan: 20 in 10030 Jan: 20 in 10031 Jan: 21 in 1001 Feb: 21 in 1002 Feb: 23 in 1003 Feb: 21 in 1004 Feb: 21 in 1005 Feb: 20 in 1006 Feb: 21 in 1007 Feb: 21 in 1008 Feb: 22 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 14,512 stories about harm among 66,643 counted on 8 Feb.

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Thailand's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%. In Australia's news, mentions of the cyclone ran more than ten times their usual. On 8 February 2019, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 22 today. 22 in every 100 of the day's 66,643 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico86 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 76 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria79 in 100 of its 195 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Thailand78 in 100 of its 479 stories · usually 25 · mostly conflict & violence China73 in 100 of its 2,914 stories · usually 56 · mostly health Kazakhstan68 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 17 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 376 Delhi India77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 176 Wuhan China64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1265 Mumbai India29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 63 Toronto Canada24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: no storiesU.S. Virgin Islands: no storiesGuam: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: no storiesTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSudan: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEthiopia: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: no storiesDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessMyanmar: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: no storiesCook Islands: no storiesAruba: no storiesNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: near the world's share or lessGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 71 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Vietnam: 37 in 100 of its 120 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Puerto Rico: 86 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Uganda: 34 in 100 of its 105 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Türkiye: 38 in 100 of its 120 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Thailand: 78 in 100 of its 479 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Taiwan: 57 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Syria: 79 in 100 of its 195 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Sri Lanka: 38 in 100 of its 193 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)South Korea: 29 in 100 of its 140 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Somalia: 40 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Singapore: 53 in 100 of its 175 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)St Vincent: 100 in 100 of its 4 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Rwanda: 50 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Philippines: 34 in 100 of its 394 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Pakistan: 30 in 100 of its 693 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)North Korea: 80 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Nigeria: 30 in 100 of its 934 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Niger: 90 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Nicaragua: 75 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Nepal: 37 in 100 of its 62 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Mali: 60 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Malaysia: 36 in 100 of its 214 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Libya: 43 in 100 of its 53 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kyrgyzstan: 45 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kazakhstan: 68 in 100 of its 71 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Israel: 32 in 100 of its 278 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Palestine: 47 in 100 of its 89 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Iraq: 59 in 100 of its 88 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Iran: 45 in 100 of its 207 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Indonesia: 36 in 100 of its 111 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)El Salvador: 75 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Congo: 55 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)China: 73 in 100 of its 2,914 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Hong Kong: 45 in 100 of its 77 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Central African Republic: 75 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Cameroon: 46 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Bangladesh: 34 in 100 of its 184 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Australia: 29 in 100 of its 1,174 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Afghanistan: 46 in 100 of its 156 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kashmir: 39 in 100 of its 131 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)China: 73 in 100 of its 2,914 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Palestine: 47 in 100 of its 89 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Palestine: 47 in 100 of its 89 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kashmir: 39 in 100 of its 131 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kashmir: 39 in 100 of its 131 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Palestine: 47 in 100 of its 89 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kashmir: 39 in 100 of its 131 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 22 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Thailand 78 in 100 of its 479 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● China 73 in 100 of its 2,914 stories · mostly health ● Syria 79 in 100 of its 195 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Puerto Rico 86 in 100 of its 76 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Kazakhstan 68 in 100 of its 71 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Singapore 53 in 100 of its 175 stories · mostly health

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health39% 5,526 stories · much more than usual (usually 33%) Rights & justice22% 3,093 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents17% 2,472 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,679 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 653 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 425 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 265 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 221 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 killed4,451 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,522 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,371 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured843 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations355 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about China and Thailand Stories reporting abductions140 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Thailand and the US Stories reporting refugees122 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced107 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill86 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
● 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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