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17,991 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 violence in Orebro, the tsunami in Greece and the covid in Argentina. Sweden's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSweden 55 in 100 of its 369 stories, usually 21
RegionCentral Asia 16 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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

Sweden

203 of its 369 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Orebro accounted for 119 of Sweden's 203 stories about harm, carried by 216 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Orebro stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

108 of its 298 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Tsunami was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Kashmir

76 of its 160 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Jammu accounted for 43 of Kashmir's 76 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Kazakhstan

18 of its 76 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Congo

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

Kivu accounted for 31 of Rwanda's 50 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

UK

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tsunami.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 58 of Iran's 96 stories about harm, carried by 173 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hiv in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in UK (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in US (51 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 17,991 stories about harm among 100,978 counted on 5 Feb.

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Mentions of Covid ran more than ten times their usual in Argentina's news. In Sweden, 55% of the news was about people being harmed, where 21% is usual. the news turned to Sweden for the second day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 100,978 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan77 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda71 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti59 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 51 · mostly health El Salvador56 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice Sweden55 in 100 of its 369 stories · usually 21 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US266 stories about protests or strikes, of its 883 Los Angeles US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340 Jerusalem Israel33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 217 Dhaka Bangladesh29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 49 Chicago US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 76 stories about harm ● Sweden about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 203 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 118 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 698 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 96 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,155 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice25% 4,376 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 3,274 stories · much less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence13% 2,203 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 809 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 714 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 527 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 501 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 killed3,886 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,118 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,010 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured885 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions353 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced272 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees212 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations167 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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