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8,860 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 illness in Vang Vieng, violence in Khartoum and the earthquake in Greece. Sudan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSomalia 85 in 100 of its 62 stories, usually 48
RegionOceania 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Health

Laos

11 of its 16 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Vang Vieng accounted for 11 of Laos' 11 stories about harm, carried by 11 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Poisoning was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Laos over 30 days → its stories → Vang Vieng stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

52 of its 65 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Khartoum accounted for 37 of Sudan's 52 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

86 of its 208 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Earthquake was named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami and volcanic eruption. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Pakistan

171 of its 454 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Polio was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Somalia

53 of its 62 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Puntland accounted for 34 of Somalia's 53 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

82 of its 188 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 10 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

115 of its 291 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

51 of its 77 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Damascus accounted for 21 of Syria's 51 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Australia

261 of its 1,040 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with heavy rain and landslides.

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Protests & strikes

Georgia

10 of its 15 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 10 of Tbilisi's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Malaysia (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Uganda (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Australia (59 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in South Korea (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); covid in New Zealand (15 of its stories, about three 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 2 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 8,860 stories about harm among 48,391 counted on 2 Feb.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 24 December 2024. of the day's 48,391 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. Laos stood out: 69% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 23%. Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Greece's news. A year earlier, on 3 February 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Rwanda, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia85 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan80 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine70 in 100 of its 217 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda67 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Syria66 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 533 Berlin Germany21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 29 Beijing China17 stories about protests or strikes, of its 29 Chicago US17 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82 Jerusalem Israel16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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 readOman: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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 lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: 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 lessJordan: 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: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 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: too little coverage to readDR 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 lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: too little coverage to readChad: 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 readSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualQuetta, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 18 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsOregon, US -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsFlorida, US -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsIslamabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 40 stories, carried by 26 outletsUttar Pradesh, India -- health: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsAlfreton, UK -- health: 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

● Quetta Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Florida US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Islamabad Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 40 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health24% 2,125 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 2,060 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 1,794 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence16% 1,357 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 505 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 310 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 303 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 220 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 killed2,368 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,059 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured699 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions291 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced177 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees98 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations69 at about half the usual rate · most about Russia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about half 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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.