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14,853 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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Rights and justice in Oslo, people displaced in Haiti and violence in Kyiv drew the news. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNorway 51 in 100 of its 229 stories, usually 16
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

Norway

116 of its 229 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Oslo accounted for 83 of Norway's 116 stories about harm, carried by 226 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Norway over 30 days → its stories → Oslo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Haiti

122 of its 189 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Natural hazards were named in 38 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Belize

15 of its 52 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

107 of its 194 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Gaza accounted for 79 of Palestine's 107 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Morocco

16 of its 64 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

39 of its 142 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

21 of its 53 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

22 of its 67 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: polio in Pakistan (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Canada (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in US (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 17 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 14,853 stories about harm among 86,700 counted on 3 Feb.

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Norway's news was 51% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. of the day's 86,700 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. the news turned to Norway for the second day running. On 3 February 2025, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti65 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 45 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan64 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine55 in 100 of its 194 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Norway51 in 100 of its 229 stories · usually 16 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan49 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 547 Tehran Iran112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148 Minnesota US91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143 Chicago US62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124 Minneapolis US57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readQatar: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: 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'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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'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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong 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'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: 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'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & 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 readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCape Verde: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than 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'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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 156 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 231 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 155 stories about harm ● Norway about twice as angry as the world's · 116 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 198 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 4,188 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Health26% 3,721 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents21% 3,057 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence10% 1,472 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 686 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 622 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 478 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 275 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 killed3,191 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,871 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,554 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured643 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people displaced178 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions161 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees92 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations89 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about the usual rate

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
● Griefa little less than 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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