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20,114 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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Violence in Nablus, heavy rain in Colombia and protests in Wellington (New Zealand) drew the news. Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 54 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHong Kong 67 in 100 of its 150 stories, usually 47
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

Palestine

58 of its 85 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Nablus accounted for 30 of Palestine's 58 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Nablus stories →
Disasters & accidents

Colombia

34 of its 70 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Heavy rain was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Iceland

31 of its 77 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Thingvallavatn accounted for 20 of Iceland's 31 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Plane crash was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

139 of its 207 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 91 of Afghanistan's 139 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Madagascar

38 of its 45 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Mananjary accounted for 23 of Madagascar's 38 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Somalia

43 of its 58 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Drought was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Typhoon was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Sri Lanka

66 of its 143 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Colombo accounted for 43 of Sri Lanka's 66 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Somalia (36 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plane crash in Iceland (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Kenya (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in Russia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in India (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 20,114 stories about harm among 89,337 counted on 8 Feb.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 4 August 2021. 23 in every 100 of the day's 89,337 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. In Somalia's news, mentions of the drought ran about 5 times their usual. On 8 February 2021, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia74 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 59 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine68 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 207 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong67 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 47 · mostly health Syria64 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ottawa Canada336 stories about protests or strikes, of its 375 Washington US149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 651 London UK52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 282 Chicago US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 167 Wellington New Zealand38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 57

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 139 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 180 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 352 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health54% 10,839 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 3,904 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents9% 1,703 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Conflict & violence8% 1,533 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 644 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 578 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 471 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 249 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 killed4,187 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,603 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,413 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured846 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions132 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations66 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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