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14,543 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 illness in Beirut, violence in Jerusalem and protests in Ankara (Türkiye). Türkiye's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 52 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 51 in 100 of its 140 stories, usually 31
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
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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Health

Lebanon

51 of its 74 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Beirut accounted for 37 of Lebanon's 51 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

135 of its 252 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jerusalem accounted for 89 of Israel's 135 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Protests & strikes

Türkiye

61 of its 135 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 8 of Ankara's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Ankara stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

71 of its 140 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 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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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

77 of its 111 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kabul accounted for 43 of Afghanistan's 77 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Russia

182 of its 389 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Moscow accounted for 115 of Russia's 182 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

108 of its 169 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Yangon accounted for 87 of Myanmar's 108 stories about harm, carried by 287 outlets. 82 of Yangon's 87 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Protests & strikes

Chad

12 of its 27 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 5 of Ndjamena's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Australia

21 of Melbourne's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Heavy rain was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms and drownings.

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Australia (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Ireland (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in UK (59 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hypothermia in Canada (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hypothermia in US (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 14,543 stories about harm among 54,257 counted on 6 Feb.

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In the British Virgin Islands' news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 7 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 54,257 stories, as usual. On 7 February 2020, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 27 today. In Lebanon, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 47% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen85 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia70 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 55 · mostly health Afghanistan69 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon69 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 47 · mostly health Myanmar64 in 100 of its 169 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US259 stories about protests or strikes, of its 788 Delhi India230 stories about protests or strikes, of its 346 Yangon Myanmar82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87 Moscow Russia44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115 Chicago US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 119

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: 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 lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: 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 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: too little coverage to readEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia 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 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 readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualJidhafs, Bahrain -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 20 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 43 stories, carried by 73 outletsOrange County, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 16 outletsCharleston, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 18 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 10 stories, carried by 17 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Jidhafs Bahrain about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 43 stories ● Orange County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Charleston US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Geneva Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health52% 7,505 stories · less than usual (usually 56%) Rights & justice22% 3,094 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,466 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,193 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 570 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 242 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 158 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 155 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 killed3,840 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,184 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected937 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured784 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees97 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced83 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Yemen and the US Stories reporting abductions61 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations31 at about half the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 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.