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22,391 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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Most of the day's attention went to illness in Buenos Aires, violence in Idlib and rights and justice in Nigeria. Syria's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 51 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostArgentina 61 in 100 of its 111 stories, usually 30
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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Health

Argentina

68 of its 111 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Buenos Aires accounted for 61 of Argentina's 68 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

382 of its 474 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Idlib accounted for 266 of Syria's 382 stories about harm, carried by 683 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Idlib stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

413 of its 1,117 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Guinea-Bissau

23 of its 36 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Bissau accounted for 23 of Guinea-Bissau's 23 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

15 of its 31 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 90 of Afghanistan's 140 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

China

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Drownings were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hiv. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Guinea

19 of its 29 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

71 of its 110 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: covid in Tonga (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Jamaica (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Netherlands (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Mexico (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); snowstorms in US (861 of its stories, about three 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 3 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 22,391 stories about harm among 91,387 counted on 3 Feb.

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Argentina's news was 61% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%. of the day's 91,387 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 27. On 3 February 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria81 in 100 of its 474 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq65 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen64 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Argentina61 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 30 · mostly health Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 247 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 893 Ottawa Canada135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 167 Idlib Syria103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 266 Chicago US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 214 Delhi India39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215

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 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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 lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: 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 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 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualTonga: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualWyoming, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsPanjgur, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 30 outletsCharlotte, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 22 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- health: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsHavana, Cuba -- health: 26 stories, carried by 28 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 40 stories, carried by 15 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

● Pakistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Wyoming US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Panjgur Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Charlotte US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Geneva Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Phnom Penh Cambodia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health51% 11,237 stories · much less than usual (usually 57%) Rights & justice17% 3,663 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 3,008 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Conflict & violence9% 1,906 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 958 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 577 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given2% 512 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 333 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 killed4,805 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,657 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,530 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured832 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting abductions170 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced151 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill31 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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