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21,566 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 Kenieba, protests in Athens (Greece) and arrests in South Africa. Mali's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostUganda 35 in 100 of its 155 stories, usually 21
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Mali

32 of its 41 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Kenieba accounted for 18 of Mali's 32 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Kenieba stories →
Protests & strikes

Greece

98 of its 361 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 31 of Athens' 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories). Accidents were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Rights & justice

South Africa

264 of its 856 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (103 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Chad

18 of its 66 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Uganda

55 of its 155 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 9 of Kampala's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Senegal

22 of its 39 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Dakar accounted for 12 of Senegal's 22 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. 8 of Dakar's 12 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Protests & strikes

Guinea

14 of its 30 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 5 of Conakry's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).

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Rights & justice

Honduras

10 of its 16 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Morocco

13 of its 45 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

51 of its 169 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 13 of Colombo's 20 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: flu in Italy (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Mexico (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in US (382 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Canada (33 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 28 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 21,566 stories about harm among 118,527 counted on 28 Feb.

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Mali stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 118,527 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Italy's news, mentions of the flu ran more than ten times their usual. On 28 February 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel65 in 100 of its 1,345 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan62 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Syria61 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti57 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Palestine53 in 100 of its 411 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 690 Dearborn US104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 150 Moscow Russia65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182 London UK65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 383 Gaza Palestine57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186

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: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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 lessSpain: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: 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 readBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: too little coverage to readSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualMississippi, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 15 outletsBlackrock, UK -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 14 outletsCopenhagen, Denmark -- health: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsKidderminster, UK -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsBarcelona, Spain -- health: 20 stories, carried by 52 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 18 stories, carried by 15 outletsCanberra, Australia -- health: 19 stories, carried by 15 outletsOslo, Norway -- health: 12 stories, carried by 57 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

● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mississippi US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Blackrock UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 27 stories ● Copenhagen Denmark about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Kidderminster UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Barcelona Spain about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 6,545 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice25% 5,352 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 3,304 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,625 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,170 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 830 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 804 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 454 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 killed5,054 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,377 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,279 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured956 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions533 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees242 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced225 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations219 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India 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 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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