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24,288 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 violence in Khojaly, people killed in Papua New Guinea and arrests in Cameroon. Azerbaijan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Nigeria and the US →
Part of lifeHealth 53 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIraq 76 in 100 of its 361 stories, usually 52
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 47 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

48 of its 85 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Khojaly accounted for 40 of Azerbaijan's 48 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories → Khojaly stories →
Rights & justice

Cameroon

24 of its 39 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Ethiopia

89 of its 144 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tigray accounted for 68 of Ethiopia's 89 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

273 of its 361 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Baghdad accounted for 92 of Iraq's 273 stories about harm, carried by 266 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

243 of its 488 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

100 of its 186 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

125 of its 285 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Haiti

26 of its 38 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 18 of Haiti's 26 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Spain (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); oil spill in Israel (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in France (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); accidents in Russia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in UK (49 of its stories, about 6 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 26 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 24,288 stories about harm among 96,743 counted on 26 Feb.

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Abductions were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Nigeria and the US. of the day's 96,743 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. Spain's news mentioned outbreaks about 4 times as often as usual. Azerbaijan's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. On 27 February 2020, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar83 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 69 · mostly rights & justice Iraq76 in 100 of its 361 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea74 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 40 · mostly health Yemen73 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice North Korea64 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 884 Delhi India77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 239 Washington US64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 310 Riyadh Saudi Arabia50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 Yangon Myanmar46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 47

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: 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: 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 lessTaiwan: 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: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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 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: 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 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 lessIndonesia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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: 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 lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: warmth about its own usualVietnam: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPakistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsSouth Yorkshire, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 120 outletsBedfordshire, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 42 outletsZamfara State, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 37 stories, carried by 20 outletsAmarillo, US -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsUtah, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsSistan, Iran -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 19 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

● Romania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Pakistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● South Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Bedfordshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Zamfara State Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 37 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health53% 12,773 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 4,631 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 2,285 stories · more than usual (usually 7%) Disasters & accidents8% 2,032 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 867 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 862 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 402 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 229 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 killed5,877 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,662 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,571 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,000 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions473 at about three times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees162 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations58 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan 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 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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