← 5 Feb Tuesday 6 February 2024 · to 23:59 UTC 7 Feb →
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
20,439 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.

How to read these numbers →

The earthquake in Türkiye, protests in Dakar (Senegal) and violence in Mogadishu drew the news. Türkiye's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostTürkiye 64 in 100 of its 357 stories, usually 32
RegionEvery region about as usual
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Türkiye

230 of its 357 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Istanbul accounted for 85 of Türkiye's 230 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (19 stories). Earthquake was named in 134 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
Protests & strikes

Senegal

78 of its 148 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Dakar accounted for 53 of Senegal's 78 stories about harm, carried by 162 outlets. 48 of Dakar's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories).

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

44 of its 63 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Mogadishu accounted for 26 of Somalia's 44 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Displacement

Ethiopia

32 of its 53 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Chile

144 of its 229 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

106 of its 141 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Earthquake was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Kenya

112 of its 334 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Hunger was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 208 of Palestine's 255 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

109 of its 254 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

El Salvador

35 of its 64 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Landslides were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in UK (620 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Syria (43 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); dengue in Brazil (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Sudan (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
20 in 10017 in 1008 Jan15 Jan22 Jan29 Jan6 Feb8 Jan: 19 in 1009 Jan: 20 in 10010 Jan: 19 in 10011 Jan: 19 in 10012 Jan: 20 in 10013 Jan: 20 in 10014 Jan: 20 in 10015 Jan: 20 in 10016 Jan: 19 in 10017 Jan: 19 in 10018 Jan: 19 in 10019 Jan: 18 in 10020 Jan: 19 in 10021 Jan: 19 in 10022 Jan: 18 in 10023 Jan: 18 in 10024 Jan: 17 in 10025 Jan: 18 in 10026 Jan: 18 in 10027 Jan: 19 in 10028 Jan: 18 in 10029 Jan: 18 in 10030 Jan: 18 in 10031 Jan: 18 in 1001 Feb: 17 in 1002 Feb: 18 in 1003 Feb: 19 in 1004 Feb: 19 in 1005 Feb: 18 in 1006 Feb: 18 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 20,439 stories about harm among 111,494 counted on 6 Feb.

Read the day's briefing

In Türkiye's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 111,494 stories, as usual. Türkiye's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. On 6 February 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria75 in 100 of its 141 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan74 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 65 · mostly displacement Somalia70 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye64 in 100 of its 357 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel64 in 100 of its 1,337 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 565 London UK58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 686 Jerusalem Israel48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 Dakar Senegal48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 53 Delhi India33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 165

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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 lessUkraine: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: 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: 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: 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 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 lessCrimea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readThailand: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualDjibouti: warmth about its own usualMontana, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsSun Prairie, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsAleppo, Syria -- disasters & accidents: 20 stories, carried by 15 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 35 stories, carried by 32 outletsTumbru, Bangladesh -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 14 outletsSan Salvador, el Salvador -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 66 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 51 stories, carried by 47 outletsQuebec, Canada -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 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

● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Montana US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Sun Prairie US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Aleppo Syria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 20 stories ● Baghdad Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 35 stories ● Tumbru Bangladesh about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 6,110 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice25% 5,024 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents16% 3,264 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence14% 2,713 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,016 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 745 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 670 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 528 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 killed5,196 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,470 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,342 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,252 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions538 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced327 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees292 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations240 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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?

The weekly briefing · 19 Oct – 25 Oct

The week in human impact

Read the week →

Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.

Create a free account

Sign in · a username, an email and a password.

How to read these numbers →

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