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19,923 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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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Kivu, rights and justice in Kremlin and illness in Santiago. Russia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRwanda 80 in 100 of its 66 stories, usually 42
RegionEast Asia 18 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

53 of its 66 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kivu accounted for 33 of Rwanda's 53 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kivu stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Syria

87 of its 128 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Damascus accounted for 70 of Syria's 87 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Its coverage was about twice 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

Taiwan

59 of its 210 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (43 stories).

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Protests & strikes

South Korea

98 of its 466 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 46 of Seoul's 56 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Health

Denmark

40 of its 143 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Health

Sweden

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Australia

House fires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Kashmir (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Zimbabwe (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Greece (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); natural hazards in Mexico (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Germany (11 of its stories, more than ten 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 21 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 19,923 stories about harm among 114,844 counted on 21 Feb.

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In Chile's news, mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 114,844 stories, as usual. Rwanda's news was 80% about people being harmed, against a usual 42%. A year earlier, on 21 February 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda80 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan72 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Syria68 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Israel64 in 100 of its 1,475 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti61 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 460 London UK90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 432 Kremlin Russia85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 299 Delhi India76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 160 Haryana India68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83

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: 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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 lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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 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 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 lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-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: too little coverage to readGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBosnia 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 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBenin: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualKano, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 30 stories, carried by 86 outletsNorth Dakota, US -- shelter & services: 11 stories, carried by 15 outletsBlackrock, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 32 stories, carried by 73 outletsBatesville, US -- food & livelihood: 10 stories, carried by 51 outletsDunmore East, Ireland -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 13 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsZurich, Switzerland -- health: 11 stories, carried by 13 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

● Norway warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kano Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 15 stories ● Edinburgh UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 30 stories ● North Dakota US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 11 stories ● Blackrock UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 32 stories ● Batesville US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,953 stories · about as usual Rights & justice27% 5,195 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence13% 2,590 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents13% 2,551 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,249 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 821 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 744 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 426 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 killed4,983 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,339 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,042 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,072 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions478 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced292 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees280 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations134 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● 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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