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What the world's news said happened to people.
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16,021 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 violence in Moscow, protests in Kathmandu (Nepal) and a disaster in Petropolis. Russia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 48 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostRussia 29 in 100 of its 2,071 stories, usually 19
RegionEurope 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Russia

600 of its 2,071 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Moscow accounted for 398 of Russia's 600 stories about harm, carried by 640 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Protests & strikes

Nepal

30 of its 56 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kathmandu accounted for 22 of Nepal's 30 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 11 of Kathmandu's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Disasters & accidents

Brazil

57 of its 146 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Petropolis accounted for 39 of Brazil's 57 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Petropolis stories →
Health

UK

1,834 of its 5,599 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Flooding was named in 209 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts, flu and tornadoes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Canada

Ottawa accounted for 262 of Canada's 496 stories about harm, carried by 278 outlets. 238 of Ottawa's 262 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (151 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Gambia

29 of its 37 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

18 of its 26 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tbilisi accounted for 15 of Georgia's 18 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. 11 of Tbilisi's 15 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

21 of its 33 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Cuba

23 of its 40 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Health

Singapore

72 of its 212 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ireland (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Italy (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); bird flu in US (37 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 24; 25 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 16,021 stories about harm among 65,693 counted on 21 Feb.

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Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 65,693 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Ireland's news mentioned power cuts more than ten times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 21 February 2021, 29 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. In Russia, 29% of the news was about people being harmed, where 19% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Hong Kong58 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 52 · mostly health Nepal54 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence Syria50 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan50 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines45 in 100 of its 602 stories · usually 43 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ottawa Canada238 stories about protests or strikes, of its 262 Washington US86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 336 Moscow Russia59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 398 Wellington New Zealand51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68 Shivamogga India41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 44

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: no storiesUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: no storiesU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: no storiesIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: no storiesMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessPalestine: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: no storiesNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesChina: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessJammu & Kashmir: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessGaza: near the world's share or lessWest Bank: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessEast Jerusalem: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: near the world's share or lessSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: no storiesTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: no storiesAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 53 in 100 of its 34 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Vietnam: 40 in 100 of its 144 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Guam: 44 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)UK: 33 in 100 of its 5,599 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Ukraine: 32 in 100 of its 1,102 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Türkiye: 36 in 100 of its 181 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Trinidad & Tobago: 43 in 100 of its 58 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Thailand: 35 in 100 of its 175 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Syria: 50 in 100 of its 62 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)South Sudan: 57 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Sudan: 59 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)South Africa: 40 in 100 of its 805 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Somalia: 63 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Solomon Islands: 75 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Singapore: 34 in 100 of its 212 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Rwanda: 53 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Philippines: 45 in 100 of its 602 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Pakistan: 36 in 100 of its 514 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Niger: 64 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)New Zealand: 40 in 100 of its 499 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Nepal: 54 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Mali: 54 in 100 of its 39 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Malaysia: 32 in 100 of its 327 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Malawi: 43 in 100 of its 65 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Madagascar: 70 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kuwait: 35 in 100 of its 81 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Israel: 35 in 100 of its 406 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Iraq: 38 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Iran: 32 in 100 of its 278 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Indonesia: 36 in 100 of its 159 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Guinea: 78 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Greece: 39 in 100 of its 174 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Georgia: 69 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Gambia: 78 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Ethiopia: 41 in 100 of its 75 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Cuba: 58 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Colombia: 37 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Hong Kong: 58 in 100 of its 116 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Canada: 42 in 100 of its 1,169 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Cambodia: 42 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Myanmar: 52 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Burkina Faso: 79 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Brazil: 39 in 100 of its 146 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Bosnia: 58 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Bangladesh: 34 in 100 of its 165 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Argentina: 45 in 100 of its 47 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Afghanistan: 50 in 100 of its 127 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Ukraine: 32 in 100 of its 1,102 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 24 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Hong Kong 58 in 100 of its 116 stories · mostly health ● Philippines 45 in 100 of its 602 stories · mostly health ● Afghanistan 50 in 100 of its 127 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Canada 42 in 100 of its 1,169 stories · mostly health ● Nepal 54 in 100 of its 56 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● South Africa 40 in 100 of its 805 stories · mostly health

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health48% 7,603 stories · less than usual (usually 52%) Rights & justice18% 2,900 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 1,952 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,626 stories · more than usual (usually 8%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 520 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 501 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 432 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 365 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 killed3,513 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,289 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,226 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured678 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations158 at about twice the usual rate · most about the UK and Russia Stories reporting people displaced114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees103 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions89 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill16 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 harsher 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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