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12,153 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 the avalanche in Austria, a disaster in Jammu and storms in Madagascar. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 51 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostAustria 66 in 100 of its 83 stories, usually 34
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Austria

55 of its 83 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Vienna accounted for 28 of Austria's 55 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Avalanche was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

82 of its 123 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jammu accounted for 34 of Kashmir's 82 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 72 of Afghanistan's 110 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Illness was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Nepal

22 of its 32 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Mexico

83 of its 216 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Flu was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Health

Sri Lanka

44 of its 96 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Colombo accounted for 29 of Sri Lanka's 44 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

18 of its 20 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Syria

55 of its 65 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Morocco (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Afghanistan (31 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); outbreaks in Spain (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in South Africa (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in Mexico (15 of its stories, about 7 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 5 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 12,153 stories about harm among 48,672 counted on 5 Feb.

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Morocco's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual. 25 in every 100 of the day's 48,672 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. For the second day running, the news turned to Austria. Austria stood out: 66% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. On 5 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 →

Syria85 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir67 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Austria66 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 34 · mostly health Ethiopia61 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 58 · mostly health Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ottawa Canada157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 176 Washington US76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 427 Delhi India32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148 Minneapolis US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 49 London UK28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 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: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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 lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: 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: 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 lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: 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 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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 lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPanjgur, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 31 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 10 outletsRoma, Italy -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 42 outletsOklahoma, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 16 outletsLanarkshire, UK -- health: 31 stories, carried by 11 outletsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- health: 19 stories, carried by 52 outletsEast Suffolk, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 25 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Panjgur Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Roma Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 29 stories ● Oklahoma US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Lanarkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 31 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health51% 6,091 stories · much less than usual (usually 56%) Rights & justice20% 2,378 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents13% 1,515 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 999 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 375 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 305 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 232 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 157 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 killed3,011 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests865 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected856 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured663 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees73 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions66 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced65 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations48 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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