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14,852 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), rights and justice in Port-au-Prince and people injured in Azerbaijan. Haiti's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Nigeria and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 52 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNigeria 52 in 100 of its 1,028 stories, usually 34
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

95 of its 107 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Yangon accounted for 55 of Myanmar's 95 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. 53 of Yangon's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Haiti

48 of its 59 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 40 of Haiti's 48 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

29 of its 51 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Ukraine

34 of its 78 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

205 of its 413 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Riyadh accounted for 108 of Saudi Arabia's 205 stories about harm, carried by 252 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Tunisia

35 of its 56 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tunis accounted for 34 of Tunisia's 35 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. 18 of Tunis' 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

535 of its 1,028 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (291 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

118 of its 219 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

75 of its 186 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tehran accounted for 48 of Iran's 75 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

10 of its 16 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 7 of Tbilisi's 9 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in New Zealand (48 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Italy (24 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); train derailment in US (64 of its stories, about 7 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 27 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 14,852 stories about harm among 55,759 counted on 27 Feb.

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Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Nigeria and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 55,759 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. For the second day running, the news turned to Myanmar. the US's news mentioned train derailment about 7 times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar89 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 70 · mostly rights & justice Haiti81 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Yemen73 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia62 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 46 · mostly health Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US205 stories about protests or strikes, of its 797 Delhi India83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 209 Yangon Myanmar53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 55 Dublin Ireland49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 132 Riyadh Saudi Arabia49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readPeru: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBahrain: 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 lessArgentina: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readTunisia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualZamfara State, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsArizona, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 26 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 23 outletsBoone County, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsSwindon, UK -- health: 19 stories, carried by 18 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 26 outletsRome, Italy -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- health: 10 stories, carried by 22 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

● Zamfara State Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Boone County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Swindon UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health52% 7,681 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 3,034 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,398 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,350 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 502 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 385 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 183 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 181 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 killed3,967 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,208 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,032 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured731 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions407 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced127 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting refugees120 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting evacuations85 at about twice the usual rate · most about the UK and Ukraine Stories reporting people falling ill16 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 harsher than 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.