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21,875 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 Ndjamena, a disaster in Dhaka and arrests in Ghana. Chad's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostGhana 35 in 100 of its 625 stories, usually 15
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 28 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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Conflict & violence

Chad

32 of its 76 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Ndjamena accounted for 26 of Chad's 32 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Chad over 30 days → its stories → Ndjamena stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

125 of its 301 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Dhaka accounted for 89 of Bangladesh's 125 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Rights & justice

Ghana

218 of its 625 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Power cuts were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Ghana over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Cuba

36 of its 93 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Havana accounted for 24 of Cuba's 36 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Road crashes were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

410 of its 574 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Gaza accounted for 343 of Palestine's 410 stories about harm, carried by 451 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Norway

65 of its 188 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Health

Colombia

35 of its 91 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

its stories →
Health

Honduras

12 of its 18 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Senegal

27 of its 51 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Poland (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Cuba (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Colombia (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Mexico (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (15 of its stories, about 7 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 29 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 21,875 stories about harm among 122,157 counted on 29 Feb.

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Chad's news was 42% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. of the day's 122,157 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Chad for the second day running. Mentions of Covid ran about 5 times their usual in Poland's news. On 1 March 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 →

Palestine71 in 100 of its 574 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Israel69 in 100 of its 1,462 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan60 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Senegal53 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria51 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 736 Gaza Palestine69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 343 Moscow Russia69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Jerusalem Israel64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 202 London UK63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 471

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: 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: near the world's share or lessCayman 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: 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 lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: 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 lessSouth Sudan: 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 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 Vincent: 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 lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: 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 lessMalaysia: 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: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: 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 lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: 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 lessGreece: 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: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: 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 lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessComoros: 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 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 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 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 lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: 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 lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: 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: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: 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: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: 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: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. 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: 24 in 100 of its 279 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Zambia: 42 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Yemen: 52 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Venezuela: 35 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ukraine: 26 in 100 of its 825 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Uganda: 29 in 100 of its 104 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Tanzania: 36 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Syria: 51 in 100 of its 73 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Sudan: 60 in 100 of its 57 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)South Africa: 29 in 100 of its 910 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Somalia: 44 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Sierra Leone: 44 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Senegal: 53 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Rwanda: 67 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Russia: 24 in 100 of its 1,183 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Philippines: 28 in 100 of its 676 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Pakistan: 23 in 100 of its 933 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Norway: 35 in 100 of its 188 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)North Korea: 30 in 100 of its 47 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Nigeria: 24 in 100 of its 1,433 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Nicaragua: 79 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Nepal: 25 in 100 of its 91 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Mozambique: 41 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Mali: 60 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Malawi: 39 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Lebanon: 44 in 100 of its 80 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Kyrgyzstan: 28 in 100 of its 39 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Israel: 69 in 100 of its 1,462 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 71 in 100 of its 574 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Iraq: 48 in 100 of its 62 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Iran: 39 in 100 of its 185 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Honduras: 67 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Haiti: 39 in 100 of its 75 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Grenada: 43 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ghana: 35 in 100 of its 625 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ethiopia: 38 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ecuador: 43 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Djibouti: 30 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Cuba: 39 in 100 of its 93 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Croatia: 45 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Côte d’Ivoire: 45 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)DR Congo: 67 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Congo: 50 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Colombia: 38 in 100 of its 91 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Chad: 42 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Cambodia: 26 in 100 of its 105 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Myanmar: 51 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Burundi: 50 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Burkina Faso: 60 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Bolivia: 67 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Belarus: 32 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Bangladesh: 42 in 100 of its 301 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Antigua & Barbuda: 38 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Afghanistan: 31 in 100 of its 80 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 71 in 100 of its 574 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 71 in 100 of its 574 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ukraine: 26 in 100 of its 825 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 71 in 100 of its 574 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

● Palestine 71 in 100 of its 574 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Israel 69 in 100 of its 1,462 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Sudan 60 in 100 of its 57 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Bangladesh 42 in 100 of its 301 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Syria 51 in 100 of its 73 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Senegal 53 in 100 of its 51 stories · mostly disasters & accidents

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

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 6,930 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice25% 5,329 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 3,161 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,687 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,188 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 933 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 815 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 421 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 killed5,526 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,197 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,182 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,322 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions621 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees278 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced252 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations120 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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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