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16,661 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 landslides in Greece, protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh) and violence in Kivu. Rwanda's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Sri Lanka →
Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostGreece 46 in 100 of its 272 stories, usually 24
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

124 of its 272 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Santorini accounted for 72 of Greece's 124 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Landslides were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Santorini stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

106 of its 240 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Dhaka accounted for 66 of Bangladesh's 106 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. 48 of Dhaka's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

Kivu accounted for 51 of Rwanda's 85 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Cholera was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kivu stories →
Rights & justice

Pakistan

Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heatwave, storms and drought. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Brazil

80 of its 234 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Plane crash was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sweden

79 of its 242 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Covid was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Maldives

14 of its 49 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

13 of its 36 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cyprus

14 of its 48 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Philippines

Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (60 stories). Plane crash was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Philippines (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Brazil (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in South Africa (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Sweden (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); measles in Australia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 16,661 stories about harm among 95,217 counted on 7 Feb.

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The news turned to Greece for the sixth day running. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Sri Lanka. In Greece, 46% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 95,217 stories, below the usual 19.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda74 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan68 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Syria58 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Congo56 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Israel56 in 100 of its 977 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US177 stories about protests or strikes, of its 867 Dhaka Bangladesh48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66 London UK30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 227 Los Angeles US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 235 Chicago US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 133

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSão 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: 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 lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: 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 lessEthiopia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: too little coverage to readChina: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readHeard & 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: 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 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): 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualCalgary, Canada -- health: 17 stories, carried by 10 outletsHays County, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 26 outletsIllinois, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 16 stories, carried by 19 outletsPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 29 outletsSussex, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 61 outletsPuntland, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsColchester, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 29 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

● Calgary Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Hays County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Illinois US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Port-au-Prince Haiti about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 25 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 4,643 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice27% 4,393 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents19% 3,017 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence11% 1,796 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 738 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 718 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 623 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 351 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 killed3,440 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests1,957 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,945 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured653 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions295 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced207 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees174 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations120 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting people falling ill44 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Sri Lanka

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
● 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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