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21,721 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 violence in Bissau, landslides in Ecuador and people displaced in the DR Congo. the DR Congo's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 52 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostGuinea-Bissau 42 in 100 of its 95 stories, usually 16
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Guinea-Bissau

40 of its 95 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Bissau accounted for 40 of Guinea-Bissau's 40 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Guinea-Bissau over 30 days → its stories → Bissau stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ecuador

32 of its 64 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Quito accounted for 29 of Ecuador's 32 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories). Landslides were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with heavy rain.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Quito stories →
Displacement

DR Congo

25 of its 29 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

DR Congo over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Displacement

Congo

27 of its 34 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

96 of its 212 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 89 of Afghanistan's 141 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Madagascar

20 of its 30 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Cyclone was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Guinea

14 of its 38 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Panama

19 of its 36 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Tonga (40 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Madagascar (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in North Korea (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in US (859 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Zimbabwe (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 21,721 stories about harm among 90,248 counted on 2 Feb.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 19 November 2021. Guinea-Bissau's news was 42% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. In Tonga's news, mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 90,248 stories, below the usual 27.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tonga87 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 88 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria70 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen62 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Denmark54 in 100 of its 165 stories · usually 40 · mostly health Iraq54 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ottawa Canada165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204 Washington US147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 751 Jerusalem Israel39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128 London UK34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 298 Chicago US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 lessJamaica: 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: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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: 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 lessFiji: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR 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 lessMyanmar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readThailand: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualOsun, Nigeria -- health: 18 stories, carried by 13 outletsFort Myers, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 19 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 18 outletsVancouver, Canada -- health: 34 stories, carried by 40 outletsUtah, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 27 outletsDover, UK -- displacement: 10 stories, carried by 24 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 63 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 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

● Osun Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Fort Myers US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 20 stories ● Vancouver Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 34 stories ● Utah US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health52% 11,302 stories · less than usual (usually 57%) Rights & justice17% 3,665 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,957 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Conflict & violence7% 1,435 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 713 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 612 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 548 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 315 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 killed4,381 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,535 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,520 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured800 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions152 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations118 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill21 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.