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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

how these are picked →
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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
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.

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: 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 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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 Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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: 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 lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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 lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral 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 readBulgaria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualOuagadougou, Burkina Faso -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 180 outletsLyon County, US -- disasters & accidents: 28 stories, carried by 184 outletsOhio, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsBerlin, Germany -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 173 outletsBeijing, China -- health: 46 stories, carried by 61 outletsBengaluru, India -- health: 27 stories, carried by 23 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 67 stories, carried by 240 outletsNairobi, Kenya -- health: 21 stories, carried by 155 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

● Ouagadougou Burkina Faso about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Lyon County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 28 stories ● Ohio US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Berlin Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Beijing China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 46 stories

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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