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7,261 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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Most of the day's attention went to drownings in Italy, violence in Khojaly and the earthquake in Papua New Guinea. Azerbaijan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Papua New Guinea and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostItaly 51 in 100 of its 358 stories, usually 14
RegionEast Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

184 of its 358 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Crotone accounted for 110 of Italy's 184 stories about harm, carried by 486 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (113 stories). Drownings were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with hypothermia. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Crotone stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

41 of its 60 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Khojaly accounted for 39 of Azerbaijan's 41 stories about harm, carried by 5 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories → Khojaly stories →
Health

Japan

52 of its 241 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Tsunami was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Japan over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

54 of its 101 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Pulwama accounted for 30 of Kashmir's 54 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

61 of its 68 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Nablus accounted for 45 of Palestine's 61 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

185 of its 341 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Jerusalem accounted for 106 of Israel's 185 stories about harm, carried by 348 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

30 of its 94 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 11 of Colombo's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

218 of its 516 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Food & livelihood

North Korea

15 of its 21 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Kenya (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bird flu in Cambodia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Mexico (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Canada (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in US (52 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 7,261 stories about harm among 33,729 counted on 26 Feb.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 2 January 2023. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 33,729 stories, above the usual 20. Italy's news was 51% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Papua New Guinea and the US. This week the news turned most often to Cambodia, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine90 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea73 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 21 · mostly rights & justice Türkiye69 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 69 · mostly disasters & accidents Azerbaijan68 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 23 · mostly conflict & violence Syria55 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 73 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 Delhi India31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 97 Washington US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 187 Moscow Russia13 stories about protests or strikes, of its 80 Kyiv Ukraine13 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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 lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: too little coverage to readGaza: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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 readSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualMelbourne, Australia -- health: 27 stories, carried by 73 outletsWuhan, China -- health: 53 stories, carried by 101 outletsPulwama, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 27 outletsRaipur, India -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 17 outletsFlorida, US -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 30 outletsToronto, Canada -- health: 22 stories, carried by 50 outletsSydney, Australia -- rights & justice: 38 stories, carried by 32 outletsBeijing, China -- health: 19 stories, carried by 23 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

● Melbourne Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 27 stories ● Wuhan China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 53 stories ● Pulwama Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 30 stories ● Raipur India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Florida US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 27 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 1,767 stories · much less than usual (usually 31%) Rights & justice24% 1,746 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 1,508 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence16% 1,125 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 317 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 310 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 224 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 140 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 killed1,926 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected872 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests776 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured589 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees103 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions99 at about twice the usual rate · most about Papua New Guinea and the US Stories reporting people displaced81 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations72 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine

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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