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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.

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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.

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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 lessJapan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: too little coverage to readCzech 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualVatican City: warmth about its own usualIbadan, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsSangam, India -- shelter & services: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 14 outletsYamuna, India -- shelter & services: 14 stories, carried by 25 outletsIowa, US -- health: 27 stories, carried by 23 outletsAnaheim, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 19 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 45 stories, carried by 27 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 19 stories, carried by 11 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

● Ibadan Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Sangam India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 15 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Yamuna India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 14 stories ● Iowa US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 27 stories

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