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26,962 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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Protests in Yangon (Myanmar), drownings in Libya and people killed in North Macedonia drew the news. Myanmar's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 52 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNiger 71 in 100 of its 70 stories, usually 41
RegionCentral Asia 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

117 of its 152 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Yangon accounted for 84 of Myanmar's 117 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. 82 of Yangon's 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Libya

32 of its 83 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tripoli accounted for 28 of Libya's 32 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

86 of its 222 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Snowstorms were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts.

Greece over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Belarus

42 of its 85 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Minsk accounted for 29 of Belarus' 42 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. 23 of Minsk's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Niger

50 of its 70 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kagara accounted for 43 of Niger's 50 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (32 stories).

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Rights & justice

United Arab Emirates

147 of its 425 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Dubai accounted for 126 of the United Arab Emirates' 147 stories about harm, carried by 217 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Rights & justice

Rwanda

40 of its 59 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Kigali accounted for 28 of Rwanda's 40 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Spain

23 of Barcelona's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Health

Guinea

66 of its 72 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in US (1465 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (16 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Australia (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); landslides in China (11 of its stories, about 8 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 17 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 26,962 stories about harm among 101,099 counted on 17 Feb.

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It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Myanmar. of the day's 101,099 news stories, 27 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the US's news mentioned snowstorms about 5 times as often as usual. On 18 February 2020, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 27 today. In Myanmar, 77% of the news was about people being harmed, where 65% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guinea92 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 63 · mostly health Myanmar77 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Niger71 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice Rwanda68 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Syria60 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US269 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1236 Delhi India178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 377 Yangon Myanmar82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84 Staten Island US69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 223 New York US53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 330

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sU.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: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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'sSerbia: 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'sRomania: 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: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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 readDominican 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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 readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMicronesia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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'sWestern Sahara: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMarshall Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGibraltar: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Iraq about three times as angry as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● Guinea about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Spain about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 146 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 29 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health52% 13,856 stories · less than usual (usually 56%) Rights & justice16% 4,402 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 3,544 stories · more than usual (usually 10%) Shelter & services7% 1,821 stories · more than usual (usually 2%) Conflict & violence6% 1,680 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 746 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 454 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 227 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 killed5,943 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,841 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,708 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,165 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions280 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Niger Stories reporting refugees154 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations66 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people falling ill29 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
● 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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