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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

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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 the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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 lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 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 lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 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: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualLucknow, India -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsOhio, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 20 outletsSpringfield, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 16 outletsManipur, India -- health: 20 stories, carried by 18 outletsWhitehall, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsBrisbane, Australia -- health: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsShiroro, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 11 outletsDoha, Qatar -- health: 15 stories, carried by 18 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

● Lucknow India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Ohio US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Springfield US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Manipur India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Whitehall UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 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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