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25,467 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 protests in Naypyitaw (Myanmar) and people injured in Saudi Arabia and Mali. Saudi Arabia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 54 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 49 in 100 of its 373 stories, usually 31
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Myanmar

148 of its 205 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Naypyitaw accounted for 54 of Myanmar's 148 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. 54 of Naypyitaw's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Illness was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Naypyitaw stories →
Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

182 of its 373 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

25 of its 40 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories →
Health

UK

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Wildfires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Venezuela

25 of its 44 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 4 of Caracas' 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Health

Peru

37 of its 72 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Lima accounted for 27 of Peru's 37 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bhutan

6 of its 7 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Maldives

8 of its 18 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Mayotte

6 of its 6 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 63 of Iran's 97 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in New Zealand (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); avalanche in India (79 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (40 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Russia (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in US (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 25,467 stories about harm among 102,433 counted on 10 Feb.

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The news turned to Myanmar for the fourth day running. A year earlier, on 11 February 2020, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. In Myanmar, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 58% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 102,433 stories, below the usual 26.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar72 in 100 of its 205 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Yemen61 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan60 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan54 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Peru51 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 34 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US537 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1322 New Delhi India157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 330 Moscow Russia69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 158 Naypyitaw Myanmar54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 54 Springfield US45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 65

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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 lessUkraine: too little coverage to readUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 lessQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: 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: 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 lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readDR 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: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: 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 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 readArgentina: 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 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: too little coverage to readAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKintyre, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsKamloops, Canada -- health: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsAuckland, New Zealand -- health: 18 stories, carried by 11 outletsOregon, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsKerena, Mali -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 40 outletsBurlington, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 34 outletsMandalay, Myanmar -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 20 outletsPort Harcourt, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 11 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

● Kintyre UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Kamloops Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Auckland New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Kerena Mali about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health54% 13,735 stories · less than usual (usually 57%) Rights & justice19% 4,885 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 2,666 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,851 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 854 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 571 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 383 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 281 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 killed6,137 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,958 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,817 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,162 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions182 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees129 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia Stories reporting people displaced119 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations104 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about half the usual rate · most about Canada and the US

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
● Griefa little less 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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