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15,612 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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A disaster in Tripoli, protests in Tunis (Tunisia) and people killed in Cameroon drew the news. Libya'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 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLibya 79 in 100 of its 52 stories, usually 24
RegionCentral Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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

Libya

41 of its 52 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Tripoli accounted for 17 of Libya's 41 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Protests & strikes

Tunisia

29 of its 55 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 9 of Tunis' 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Health

Cameroon

25 of its 36 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Ebola was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with outbreaks and haemorrhagic fever. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

43 of its 75 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kabul accounted for 25 of Afghanistan's 43 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Panama

44 of its 66 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Chiriqui accounted for 19 of Panama's 44 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

250 of its 442 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Cyclone was named in 195 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts, landslides and tsunami.

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Health

Equatorial Guinea

31 of its 34 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

South Africa

256 of its 796 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Heavy rain was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Indonesia

Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

US

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (66 stories). Train derailment was named in 408 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in New Zealand (195 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Armenia (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); extreme cold in Syria (32 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in US (408 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in South Africa (22 of its stories, about three times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 15,612 stories about harm among 79,086 counted on 15 Feb.

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Libya stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 79,086 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 15 February 2022, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya79 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 24 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria68 in 100 of its 306 stories · usually 71 · mostly disasters & accidents Panama67 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 22 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Türkiye64 in 100 of its 672 stories · usually 64 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 516 London UK42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 Jerusalem Israel33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124 Beijing China27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95 Los Angeles US23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 161

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: 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: too little coverage to readEswatini: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSão 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: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUkraine: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualSouth Yorkshire, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 94 outletsMassachusetts, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 29 stories, carried by 39 outletsMontana, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 17 outletsVancouver, Canada -- health: 36 stories, carried by 61 outletsOttawa, Canada -- health: 48 stories, carried by 68 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

● South Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Massachusetts US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Nottingham UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 29 stories ● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Vancouver Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 36 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 4,588 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,719 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,001 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence10% 1,570 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 956 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 708 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 554 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 265 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 killed4,047 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,736 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,525 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured977 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations138 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and New Zealand Stories reporting abductions85 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and Cameroon

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.