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20,693 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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Landslides in Brazil, violence in Mogadishu and protests in Tegucigalpa (Honduras) drew the news. Brazil's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 52 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBrazil 43 in 100 of its 274 stories, usually 24
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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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Disasters & accidents

Brazil

119 of its 274 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Petropolis accounted for 93 of Brazil's 119 stories about harm, carried by 270 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Landslides were named in 86 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding and avalanche. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Petropolis stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

70 of its 86 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Mogadishu accounted for 51 of Somalia's 70 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Protests & strikes

Honduras

33 of its 63 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 24 of Honduras' 33 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. 16 of Tegucigalpa's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).

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

Guatemala

19 of its 23 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Spain

137 of its 502 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (62 stories). Hypothermia was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Ethiopia

Tigray accounted for 24 of Ethiopia's 41 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Greenland

9 of its 14 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Displacement

Libya

Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Kashmir

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Guatemala (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ireland (51 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); illness in Türkiye (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); hypothermia in Spain (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Germany (13 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 16 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 20,693 stories about harm among 88,654 counted on 16 Feb.

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In Brazil's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 88,654 stories, below the usual 24. A year earlier, on 16 February 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. In Brazil, 43% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia81 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen75 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong60 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Ethiopia54 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan53 in 100 of its 196 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ottawa Canada249 stories about protests or strikes, of its 309 Washington US109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 681 Delhi India61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221 Wellington New Zealand37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 56 San Francisco US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173

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: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: 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 readSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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 readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: 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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrench Polynesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: 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'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful 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

● Brazil about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 119 stories about harm ● Ethiopia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as angry as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 184 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health52% 10,726 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,860 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 2,466 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,366 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 795 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 526 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 513 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 248 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 killed3,952 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,585 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,405 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured709 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions120 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Switzerland Stories reporting people displaced107 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Somalia and the US Stories reporting evacuations61 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel

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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