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17,708 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Khojaly, people affected in Mauritius and protests in Conakry (Guinea) drew the news. Azerbaijan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAzerbaijan 55 in 100 of its 340 stories, usually 12
RegionCentral Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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

Azerbaijan

188 of its 340 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Khojaly accounted for 179 of Azerbaijan's 188 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories → Khojaly stories →
Health

Mauritius

31 of its 46 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Cholera was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Mauritius over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

148 of its 557 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Burkina Faso

40 of its 45 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Natiaboani accounted for 16 of Burkina Faso's 40 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

80 of its 126 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Baalbek accounted for 47 of Lebanon's 80 stories about harm, carried by 211 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Burundi

9 of its 11 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Norway

36 of its 119 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Cholera was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

72 of its 279 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 20 of Sao Paulo's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories).

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Protests & strikes

South Korea

82 of its 420 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 28 of Seoul's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Norway (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Djibouti (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Mexico (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (16 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hiv in Nigeria (12 of its stories, about 4 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 26 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 17,708 stories about harm among 100,594 counted on 26 Feb.

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Azerbaijan's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 12%. of the day's 100,594 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Mauritius' news mentioned the cholera more than ten times as often as usual. It was the third day running that the news turned to Azerbaijan. A year earlier, on 26 February 2023, 22 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 →

Grenada87 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel67 in 100 of its 1,406 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon63 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine59 in 100 of its 619 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen57 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 565 Gaza Palestine67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321 London UK51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 339 Kremlin Russia44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138 Jerusalem Israel38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138

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: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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: 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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 lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 lessAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: 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: too little coverage to readSpain: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualFremont, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 47 outletsKogi, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsVancouver, Canada -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 57 stories, carried by 89 outletsMinna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsKenosha, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 16 outletsOttawa, Canada -- rights & justice: 35 stories, carried by 52 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 25 stories, carried by 20 outletsBarcelona, Spain -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 21 stories, carried by 17 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Fremont US about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Kogi Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Vancouver Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 57 stories ● Minna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Kenosha US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,093 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,389 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 2,741 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,440 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 970 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 729 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 573 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 327 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 killed4,359 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,967 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,762 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured948 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions528 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced284 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees173 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations95 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Mauritius

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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