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8,636 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 news turned to illness in Phnom Penh, violence in Ouagadougou and arrests in Hong Kong. Cambodia's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostCambodia 71 in 100 of its 52 stories, usually 38
RegionNorth America 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Health

Cambodia

37 of its 52 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Phnom Penh accounted for 19 of Cambodia's 37 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Flu was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with bird flu and outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Phnom Penh stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

21 of its 22 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Ouagadougou accounted for 10 of Burkina Faso's 21 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Ouagadougou stories →
Rights & justice

Hong Kong

27 of its 59 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories →
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Health

Sweden

42 of its 96 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Illness was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Kenya

36 of its 101 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Nairobi accounted for 21 of Kenya's 36 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Türkiye

Antakya accounted for 38 of Türkiye's 132 stories about harm, carried by 151 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

UK

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Earthquake was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Food & livelihood

North Korea

19 of its 28 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Tunisia

27 of its 44 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 8 of Tunis' 10 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Sweden (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Japan (26 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in Mozambique (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in UK (32 of its stories, about 5 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 25 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 8,636 stories about harm among 42,629 counted on 25 Feb.

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It was the third day running that the news turned to Cambodia. of the day's 42,629 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Cambodia stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 38%. On 25 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 →

Türkiye73 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 68 · mostly disasters & accidents Cambodia71 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 38 · mostly health Syria53 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 73 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran47 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong46 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 27 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 224 Kyiv Ukraine32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 116 East Palestine US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 226 Manila Philippines24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 43 Ajnala India18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 22

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: 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'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 readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than 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 angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: 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'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Cambodia few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 253 stories about harm ● Iran few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 21 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 52 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 2,246 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Rights & justice25% 2,105 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 1,826 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence12% 1,052 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 393 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 387 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 301 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 188 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 killed2,012 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected953 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests950 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured527 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced137 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Burkina Faso Stories reporting refugees114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions97 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations60 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 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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