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12,433 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 news turned to protests in Yangon (Myanmar), people injured in South Africa and flooding in India. Afghanistan's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 50 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostSouth Africa 55 in 100 of its 444 stories, usually 39
RegionSouth Asia 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

113 of its 179 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Yangon accounted for 92 of Myanmar's 113 stories about harm, carried by 414 outlets. 89 of Yangon's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Health

South Africa

244 of its 444 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Flu was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

India

1,213 of its 3,227 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (335 stories). Flooding was named in 418 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche, landslides and tsunami.

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

Congo

23 of its 28 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Ebola was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

22 of its 31 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 9 of Port-au-Prince's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →
Health

Egypt

58 of its 133 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Cairo accounted for 39 of Egypt's 58 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →
Health

Israel

173 of its 350 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jerusalem accounted for 101 of Israel's 173 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 25 of Lebanon's 32 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. 13 of Beirut's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

US

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Avalanche was named in 92 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with hypothermia. 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: ebola in Congo (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (42 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in Indonesia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in UK (49 of its stories, about three times its usual); hypothermia in Canada (11 of its stories, about 5 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 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 12,433 stories about harm among 45,857 counted on 7 Feb.

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India's news mentioned flooding more than ten times as often as usual. 27 in every 100 of the day's 45,857 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 8 February 2020, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 today. Myanmar stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 55%. This week the news turned most often to Myanmar, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar63 in 100 of its 179 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice Yemen60 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia58 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents Ethiopia56 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 56 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US150 stories about protests or strikes, of its 500 Yangon Myanmar89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 92 Delhi India88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 246 London UK36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 250 Moscow Russia32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: feelings about like the world'sCayman 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'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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 readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: 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'sMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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

● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Congo few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 190 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 21 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health50% 6,116 stories · much less than usual (usually 56%) Rights & justice18% 2,212 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 1,873 stories · much more than usual (usually 9%) Conflict & violence8% 1,037 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 535 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 221 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 152 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 150 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 killed3,616 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,186 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting arrests837 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured675 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions107 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees86 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced64 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations30 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and India Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about half the usual rate · most about the UK and China

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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.