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11,655 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 day's news pointed at people injured in Ukraine, rights and justice in Caracas and illness in Kampala. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUkraine 50 in 100 of its 230 stories, usually 25
RegionSoutheast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

116 of its 230 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (75 stories). Power cuts were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

56 of its 180 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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

Sudan

62 of its 68 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Omdurman accounted for 45 of Sudan's 62 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

45 of its 68 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

214 of its 558 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (98 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

53 of its 69 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Kivu accounted for 38 of Rwanda's 53 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Israel

427 of its 581 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Tel Aviv accounted for 155 of Israel's 427 stories about harm, carried by 417 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Ireland

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (59 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Australia (32 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in US (436 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Ireland (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 11,655 stories about harm among 59,384 counted on 1 Feb.

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The news turned to Ukraine for the second day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 59,384 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ukraine, 50% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. A year earlier, on 2 February 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Over January, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 in January 2024.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan91 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda77 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela77 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Somalia76 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Israel73 in 100 of its 581 stories · usually 68 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 841 Tel Aviv Israel33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155 Los Angeles US22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258 Gaza Palestine18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128 London UK17 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: 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 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 lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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: too little coverage to readColombia: 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 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualHarnai, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsHawaii, US -- displacement: 19 stories, carried by 18 outletsQuetta, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 70 outletsKentucky, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsSouthport, UK -- health: 26 stories, carried by 19 outletsNorthern Ireland, UK -- health: 28 stories, carried by 180 outletsAtal, India -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 11 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

● Pakistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Harnai Pakistan about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Hawaii US about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 19 stories ● Quetta Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Kentucky US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Southport UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 26 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 2,867 stories · about as usual Health25% 2,842 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 2,566 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,408 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 607 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 442 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 437 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 290 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 killed3,426 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,426 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,226 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured767 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions507 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced166 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees148 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations102 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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The words in the day's stories were about as 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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