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What the world's news said happened to people.
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27,573 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 protests in Cairo (Egypt), violence in Khojaly and flooding in Indonesia. Azerbaijan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 47 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostItaly 53 in 100 of its 1,388 stories, usually 20
RegionSouth Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Egypt

192 of its 378 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Cairo accounted for 132 of Egypt's 192 stories about harm, carried by 286 outlets. 92 of Cairo's 132 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

85 of its 143 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Khojaly accounted for 78 of Azerbaijan's 85 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories → Khojaly stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

146 of its 317 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jakarta accounted for 87 of Indonesia's 146 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts and heavy rain.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Health

Italy

730 of its 1,388 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (358 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

India

2,108 of its 6,035 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Delhi accounted for 1,366 of India's 2,108 stories about harm, carried by 693 outlets. 791 of Delhi's 1,366 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (763 stories).

its stories →
Health

Iran

378 of its 595 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tehran accounted for 185 of Iran's 378 stories about harm, carried by 300 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

333 of its 846 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tuberculosis was named in 11 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.

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Health

South Korea

400 of its 724 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (163 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Maldives

26 of its 49 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

Brazil

92 of its 258 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Malaysia (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ghana (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in South Africa (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Germany (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Israel (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 27,573 stories about harm among 122,582 counted on 26 Feb.

Read the day's briefing

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 122,582 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. the news turned to Egypt for the second day running. Egypt's news was 51% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. On 26 February 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria72 in 100 of its 217 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Iran64 in 100 of its 595 stories · usually 49 · mostly health Azerbaijan59 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 18 · mostly conflict & violence China59 in 100 of its 4,172 stories · usually 67 · mostly health Hong Kong55 in 100 of its 231 stories · usually 52 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India791 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1366 Washington US152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1081 Cairo Egypt92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 132 Charleston US62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Toronto Canada56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 196

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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 readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMarshall Islands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little warmer than 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

● Azerbaijan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 85 stories about harm ● Egypt about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 192 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 156 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 333 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 36 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health47% 12,657 stories · much more than usual (usually 41%) Rights & justice22% 6,005 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 2,953 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Conflict & violence11% 2,885 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,154 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 782 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 397 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 357 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 killed8,303 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,716 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,327 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,728 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting evacuations277 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting refugees231 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced198 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill184 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions177 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 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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