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15,808 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 the avalanche in Tajikistan, rights and justice in Tunis and poisoning in Chile. Chile's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostArgentina 44 in 100 of its 72 stories, usually 17
RegionCentral Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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

Tajikistan

17 of its 18 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories). Avalanche was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Tajikistan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Chile

29 of its 70 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Poisoning was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Chile over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 17 of Iraq's 31 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

New Zealand

182 of its 401 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Cyclone was named in 132 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Argentina

32 of its 72 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Drought was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave.

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Health

North Korea

21 of its 44 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Pyongyang accounted for 14 of North Korea's 21 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets.

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Rights & justice

Senegal

8 of its 13 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Panama

19 of its 42 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

57 of its 106 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kabul accounted for 32 of Afghanistan's 57 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in New Zealand (132 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Argentina (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in US (478 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in UK (28 of its stories, about 6 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 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 15,808 stories about harm among 79,750 counted on 16 Feb.

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Tajikistan's news was 94% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. of the day's 79,750 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 16 February 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Türkiye67 in 100 of its 661 stories · usually 65 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria65 in 100 of its 215 stories · usually 71 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan54 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence New Zealand45 in 100 of its 401 stories · usually 37 · mostly disasters & accidents Peru43 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 573 London UK36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 211 Jerusalem Israel33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 120 New York US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207 Seoul South Korea22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 42

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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 readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBenin: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Chile few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● South Korea about twice as angry as the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 242 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 194 stories about harm ● Tajikistan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 17 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 5,005 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 3,522 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,123 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence10% 1,504 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Food & livelihood6% 866 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 768 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 502 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 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 killed3,852 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,626 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,394 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,089 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations159 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and New Zealand Stories reporting refugees150 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions91 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about South Africa and the US Stories reporting people falling ill5 at about half the usual rate · most about Colombia and India

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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