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17,620 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 rights and justice in Bucharest, arrests in Congo and people affected in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada →
Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostRomania 57 in 100 of its 399 stories, usually 12
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 39
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 →
Rights & justice

Romania

226 of its 399 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Bucharest accounted for 160 of Romania's 226 stories about harm, carried by 388 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (49 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Health

Congo

57 of its 70 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Outbreaks were named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with malaria and meningitis. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

48 of its 147 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories →
Shelter & services

Chile

23 of its 58 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Chile over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

DR Congo

37 of its 44 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Malaria was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with haemorrhagic fever and meningitis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 243 of Israel's 671 stories about harm, carried by 486 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (78 stories). Hypothermia was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Italy

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Flu was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with volcanic eruption. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Thailand

81 of its 279 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

23 of its 75 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Cyprus

18 of its 74 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: malaria in DR Congo (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in South Korea (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); measles in US (424 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Italy (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in South Africa (11 of its stories, about 4 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 27 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 17,620 stories about harm among 101,207 counted on 27 Feb.

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In Romania, 57% of the news was about people being harmed, where 12% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 101,207 stories, as usual. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. A year earlier, on 28 February 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo81 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 67 · mostly health Sudan71 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Israel67 in 100 of its 1,003 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Romania57 in 100 of its 399 stories · usually 12 · mostly rights & justice Palestine53 in 100 of its 277 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 786 Jerusalem Israel58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 New York US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 233 Pune India27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 76 Chicago US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readComoros: 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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'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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 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 readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful 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 twice as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sIsrael: coverage about twice 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'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMacao: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 30 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 671 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Iran few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Congo about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 57 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 5,486 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice29% 5,015 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents15% 2,664 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence10% 1,638 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 845 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 635 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 581 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 347 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 killed3,852 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,231 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,980 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured747 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions530 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced218 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees165 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting evacuations89 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people falling ill80 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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