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9,364 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 day's news pointed at protests in Budapest (Hungary), violence in Mogadishu and oil spill in Trinidad & Tobago. Somalia's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Palestine and Israel →
Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHungary 48 in 100 of its 114 stories, usually 14
RegionSouth Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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 →
Protests & strikes

Hungary

55 of its 114 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Budapest accounted for 39 of Hungary's 55 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. 35 of Budapest's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Hungary over 30 days → its stories → Budapest stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

83 of its 93 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Mogadishu accounted for 55 of Somalia's 83 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Philippines

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Landslides were named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain and earthquake. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Senegal

17 of its 28 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Dakar accounted for 15 of Senegal's 17 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. 13 of Dakar's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

336 of its 440 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Gaza accounted for 304 of Palestine's 336 stories about harm, carried by 610 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 45 of Iran's 63 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. 30 of Tehran's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Madagascar

18 of its 28 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 8 of Antananarivo's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

33 of its 59 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Beirut accounted for 24 of Lebanon's 33 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

9 of its 9 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 7 of Managua's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Nigeria (56 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Iran (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Australia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in US (69 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 9,364 stories about harm among 53,503 counted on 11 Feb.

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Hungary's news was 48% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. of the day's 53,503 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Palestine and Israel. A year earlier, on 11 February 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Senegal, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia89 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine76 in 100 of its 440 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Israel65 in 100 of its 926 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon56 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Iran55 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Gaza Palestine38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 304 Islamabad Pakistan38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 81 Budapest Hungary35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 39 Delhi India34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148 Jerusalem Israel34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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 Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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'sGeorgia: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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 readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice 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'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: 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

● Somalia about twice as fearful as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 281 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 606 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 63 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 336 stories about harm ● Lebanon few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 33 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 2,409 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 2,097 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 1,665 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 1,541 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 533 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 407 stories · more than usual (usually 2%) Shelter & services3% 285 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 278 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 killed2,607 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,003 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured742 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions328 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced209 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and Israel Stories reporting evacuations181 at about twice the usual rate · most about Palestine and Israel Stories reporting refugees148 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 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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