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13,167 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 Moscow (Russia), violence in Mogadishu and flooding in Fiji. Russia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 56 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRussia 67 in 100 of its 621 stories, usually 34
RegionEast Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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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Protests & strikes

Russia

413 of its 621 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Moscow accounted for 363 of Russia's 413 stories about harm, carried by 735 outlets. 315 of Moscow's 363 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (288 stories). Extreme cold was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

42 of its 50 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Mogadishu accounted for 36 of Somalia's 42 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

62 of its 86 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Flooding was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain, storms and drownings.

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

Norway

28 of its 53 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 16 of Oslo's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

Tunisia

23 of its 28 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tunis accounted for 19 of Tunisia's 23 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Israel

190 of its 379 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jerusalem accounted for 117 of Israel's 190 stories about harm, carried by 257 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

South Africa

181 of its 391 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Bangladesh

73 of its 168 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 32 of Syria's 49 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. 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: illness in Hong Kong (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Ethiopia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); respiratory illness in China (38 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in US (267 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); polio in India (63 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

28 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 Jan. 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 13,167 stories about harm among 46,278 counted on 31 Jan.

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In Fiji's news, mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 28 in every 100 of the day's 46,278 stories, above the usual 27. Russia's news was 67% about people being harmed, against a usual 34%. A year earlier, on 1 February 2020, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 28 today. This week the news turned most often to Poland, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia84 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Fiji72 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 40 · mostly disasters & accidents Russia67 in 100 of its 621 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan63 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Syria60 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia315 stories about protests or strikes, of its 363 Washington US174 stories about protests or strikes, of its 595 Delhi India162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 309 Los Angeles US108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 218 London UK43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 214

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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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 lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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 lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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 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 lessIraq: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: 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: 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 lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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 lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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 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: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualOslo, Norway -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 33 outletsGothenburg, Sweden -- health: 12 stories, carried by 68 outletsBedford, UK -- health: 71 stories, carried by 179 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 37 stories, carried by 71 outletsMaine, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 15 outletsHartlepool, UK -- health: 22 stories, carried by 21 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsCoachella, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 13 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

● Norway warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Oslo Norway about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Gothenburg Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Bedford UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 71 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 37 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health56% 7,333 stories · about as usual Rights & justice17% 2,216 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 1,417 stories · more than usual (usually 8%) Conflict & violence8% 1,038 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 528 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 247 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 152 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 137 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 killed3,519 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,211 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Russia and the US Stories reporting people affected801 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured709 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions86 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced61 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees61 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations59 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.