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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).

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSão 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 lessRomania: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: 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 lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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 readThailand: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualCroatia: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKentucky, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsKatsina, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsMaryland, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsDera Ismail Khan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 24 outletsBalochistan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 44 stories, carried by 58 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 21 stories, carried by 18 outletsBallarat, Australia -- health: 14 stories, carried by 11 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

● Chile warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kentucky US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Katsina Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Maryland US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Dera Ismail Khan Pakistan 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 →

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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