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20,645 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 landslides in Colombia, violence in Nablus and rights and justice in Kabul. Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 56 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostColombia 53 in 100 of its 103 stories, usually 28
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Colombia

55 of its 103 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Dosquebradas accounted for 37 of Colombia's 55 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Landslides were named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Dosquebradas stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

48 of its 80 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Nablus accounted for 29 of Palestine's 48 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Nablus stories →
Health

Hong Kong

82 of its 139 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Madagascar

32 of its 37 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Ikongo accounted for 15 of Madagascar's 32 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iceland

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Plane crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 49 of Syria's 84 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

72 of its 135 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Sweden

61 of its 182 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

29 of its 39 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Iceland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Tonga (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Ghana (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in UK (26 of its stories, about three times its usual); avalanche in India (16 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 26; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 20,645 stories about harm among 91,831 counted on 9 Feb.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 4 August 2021. In Colombia's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Colombia for the second day running. 22 in every 100 of the day's 91,831 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 26.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tonga91 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 88 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria66 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia63 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 61 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan63 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Palestine60 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ottawa Canada298 stories about protests or strikes, of its 334 Washington US154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 774 Wellington New Zealand43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 65 London UK37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 310 Chicago US33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: 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 readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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: too little coverage to readIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: 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 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualUttar Pradesh, India -- health: 17 stories, carried by 13 outletsMaryland, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 34 outletsPennsylvania, US -- health: 25 stories, carried by 26 outletsThingvallavatn, Iceland -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 15 outletsBedfordshire, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsXinjiang, China -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 18 outletsColchester, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsRome, Italy -- health: 28 stories, carried by 34 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

● Uttar Pradesh India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Maryland US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Pennsylvania US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 25 stories ● Thingvallavatn Iceland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Bedfordshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health56% 11,423 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,802 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents9% 1,749 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Conflict & violence7% 1,456 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 654 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 597 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 497 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 272 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 killed4,201 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,567 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,382 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured959 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees112 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions99 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations84 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Colombia Stories reporting people displaced82 at about half the usual rate · most about Madagascar and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill28 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 softer 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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