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19,242 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 protests in Khartoum (Sudan), violence in Jammu and rights and justice in Kabul. Kashmir's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 54 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUganda 46 in 100 of its 93 stories, usually 36
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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Protests & strikes

Sudan

32 of its 43 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Khartoum accounted for 18 of Sudan's 32 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. 13 of Khartoum's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories).

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

34 of its 60 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Jammu accounted for 20 of Kashmir's 34 stories about harm, carried by 11 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Palestine

25 of its 37 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 5 of Nablus' 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Benin

7 of its 10 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

New Zealand

48 of Wellington's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Canada

317 of Ottawa's 358 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Guinea-Bissau

8 of its 12 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Rights & justice

Uganda

43 of its 93 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 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: hiv in France (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in China (15 of its stories, about 5 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 11 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 19,242 stories about harm among 84,634 counted on 11 Feb.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 84,634 stories, below the usual 25. A year earlier, on 11 February 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria67 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan62 in 100 of its 387 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Hong Kong57 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 49 · mostly health Kashmir57 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal52 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 41 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ottawa Canada317 stories about protests or strikes, of its 358 Washington US133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 650 Wellington New Zealand48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 64 Paris France41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90 Kabul Afghanistan38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSweden: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPapua 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: 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 lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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 lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: 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: 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 readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTonga: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualEstonia: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualPathankot, India -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 22 outletsOregon, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 24 outletsMaine, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 28 outletsNishat, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsMelbourne, Australia -- health: 81 stories, carried by 71 outletsWest Midlands, UK -- health: 33 stories, carried by 15 outletsIstanbul, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 29 outletsDevonport, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 120 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

● Pathankot India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Nishat Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Melbourne Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 81 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health54% 10,278 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 3,787 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents8% 1,586 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Conflict & violence7% 1,360 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 776 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 617 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 403 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 251 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 killed3,717 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,554 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,254 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured861 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions147 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees127 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations59 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about a third 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 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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