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11,255 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to rights and justice in Moscow, protests in Kingstown (St Vincent) and violence in Kivu. Russia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostRussia 53 in 100 of its 1,289 stories, usually 29
RegionEurope 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Russia

685 of its 1,289 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Moscow accounted for 500 of Russia's 685 stories about harm, carried by 901 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (260 stories). Poisoning was named in 261 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Hungary

22 of its 80 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 12 of Budapest's 14 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Bahamas

11 of its 29 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

18 of its 42 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 3 of Caracas' 5 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

24 of its 30 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Omdurman accounted for 13 of Sudan's 24 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets.

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Rights & justice

Thailand

Bangkok accounted for 28 of Thailand's 40 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Senegal

11 of Dakar's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in US (99 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Israel (13 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 17 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 11,255 stories about harm among 62,108 counted on 17 Feb.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Russia. of the day's 62,108 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Russia stood out: 53% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 29%. A year earlier, on 17 February 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel70 in 100 of its 775 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Iran65 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine64 in 100 of its 290 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Russia53 in 100 of its 1,289 stories · usually 29 · mostly rights & justice Yemen48 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 500 Washington US50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 279 Islamabad Pakistan36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 71 Delhi India30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129 Haryana India30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 37

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSyria: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPalau: no storiesOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: no storiesLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessEthiopia: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBangladesh: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessJammu & Kashmir: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: near the world's share or lessSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 30 in 100 of its 146 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Yemen: 48 in 100 of its 54 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Venezuela: 43 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ukraine: 23 in 100 of its 685 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Uganda: 30 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Trinidad & Tobago: 32 in 100 of its 50 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Thailand: 25 in 100 of its 161 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Tanzania: 44 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)South Sudan: 56 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Sudan: 80 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)South Africa: 23 in 100 of its 356 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Somalia: 41 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Senegal: 39 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)St Vincent: 75 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Rwanda: 59 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Russia: 53 in 100 of its 1,289 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Philippines: 25 in 100 of its 245 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Panama: 36 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Pakistan: 24 in 100 of its 752 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)North Korea: 38 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Nigeria: 25 in 100 of its 1,022 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Nicaragua: 86 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Nepal: 29 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Lebanon: 33 in 100 of its 43 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Israel: 70 in 100 of its 775 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 64 in 100 of its 290 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Iraq: 29 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Iran: 65 in 100 of its 142 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Indonesia: 26 in 100 of its 95 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Iceland: 43 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Hungary: 28 in 100 of its 80 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Fiji: 45 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Eritrea: 67 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)El Salvador: 73 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Djibouti: 29 in 100 of its 34 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)DR Congo: 100 in 100 of its 5 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Myanmar: 67 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Belarus: 62 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Bahamas: 38 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Afghanistan: 44 in 100 of its 104 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 64 in 100 of its 290 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 64 in 100 of its 290 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ukraine: 23 in 100 of its 685 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 64 in 100 of its 290 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Cook Islands: 62 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Israel 70 in 100 of its 775 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 64 in 100 of its 290 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Iran 65 in 100 of its 142 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Russia 53 in 100 of its 1,289 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Afghanistan 44 in 100 of its 104 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Yemen 48 in 100 of its 54 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 3,100 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Health27% 2,980 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 1,763 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 1,579 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 706 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 386 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 363 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 211 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 killed2,937 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,660 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting people affected1,118 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured856 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions366 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced200 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees114 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations45 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.