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13,505 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh), a disaster in Guatemala City and rights and justice in Kufra. Guatemala's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuatemala 93 in 100 of its 70 stories, usually 27
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

101 of its 271 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Dhaka accounted for 60 of Bangladesh's 101 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. 36 of Dhaka's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

65 of its 70 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Guatemala City accounted for 52 of Guatemala's 65 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → Guatemala City stories →
Rights & justice

Libya

37 of its 51 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kufra accounted for 21 of Libya's 37 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Namibia

40 of its 122 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Bahamas

18 of its 65 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Oil spill was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Indonesia

Tuberculosis 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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Rights & justice

Ireland

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

China

Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Landslides were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: tuberculosis in Indonesia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in South Korea (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Ghana (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in China (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); oil spill in Russia (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

16 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 13,505 stories about harm among 81,853 counted on 10 Feb.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 13 November 2024. 16 in every 100 of the day's 81,853 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. In Bangladesh, 37% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. On 11 February 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 16 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guatemala93 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents Libya73 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 32 · mostly rights & justice Israel58 in 100 of its 954 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Syria58 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Ecuador47 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 468 Dhaka Bangladesh36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 60 Jerusalem Israel27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112 Los Angeles US24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 176 London UK23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 165

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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 Arab Emirates: 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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 readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Guatemala about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 65 stories about harm ● Libya few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 130 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 558 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 33 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 3,670 stories · about as usual Rights & justice27% 3,570 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 2,533 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence11% 1,510 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 645 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 564 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 457 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 327 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 killed2,787 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests1,657 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,316 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured594 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions401 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced177 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees163 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations81 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting people falling ill29 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan

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 harsher 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.