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20,028 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 a disaster in Grindavik, arrests in the Bahamas and refugees in Pakistan. the Philippines' coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIceland 82 in 100 of its 209 stories, usually 50
RegionCentral Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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

Iceland

172 of its 209 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Grindavik accounted for 148 of Iceland's 172 stories about harm, carried by 442 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories). Outbreaks were named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Iceland over 30 days → its stories → Grindavik stories →
Rights & justice

Bahamas

40 of its 92 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Bahamas over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

578 of its 1,258 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Philippines

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Landslides were named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Tunisia

28 of its 56 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Tunis accounted for 16 of Tunisia's 28 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (20 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

220 of its 289 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Baghdad accounted for 193 of Iraq's 220 stories about harm, carried by 379 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Chile

49 of its 105 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Helicopter crash was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Kenya

Nairobi accounted for 72 of Kenya's 106 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Algeria

14 of its 30 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Brazil

73 of its 249 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (28 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in Ecuador (18 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); measles in Ireland (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Chile (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Jamaica (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Sudan (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 20,028 stories about harm among 115,072 counted on 8 Feb.

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17 in every 100 of the day's 115,072 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. On 8 February 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iceland82 in 100 of its 209 stories · usually 50 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq76 in 100 of its 289 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine69 in 100 of its 382 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan67 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 66 · mostly displacement Ecuador64 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 65 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US150 stories about protests or strikes, of its 584 Delhi India79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 218 Baghdad Iraq65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193 Gaza Palestine47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 208 London UK44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 394

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi 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 readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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 readAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: 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'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry 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 twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful than 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 about twice as fearful as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as angry as the world's · 220 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 859 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 578 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 263 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 56 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,655 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,964 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents16% 3,145 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence15% 3,025 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 949 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 800 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 698 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 409 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 killed4,720 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,270 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,211 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,331 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions508 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees293 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced271 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations168 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany

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
● Griefa little less than 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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