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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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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 readNamibia: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: 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: 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: 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 lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIllinois, US -- health: 27 stories, carried by 26 outletsQuebec, Canada -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBhaktapur, Nepal -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 68 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 43 stories, carried by 29 outletsMuzaffarabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsIdaho, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsNuffield, UK -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 16 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 13 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

● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Illinois US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 27 stories ● Quebec Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Bhaktapur Nepal about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Jammu Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 43 stories ● Muzaffarabad Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories

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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