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15,524 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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The cyclone in Madagascar, protests in Tirana (Albania) and violence in Yerevan drew the news. Canada's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMadagascar 84 in 100 of its 64 stories, usually 26
RegionCentral Asia 18 in 100 of its stories, usually 11
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Madagascar

54 of its 64 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Toamasina accounted for 45 of Madagascar's 54 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Cyclone was named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding, tropical storm and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Madagascar over 30 days → its stories → Toamasina stories →
Protests & strikes

Albania

15 of its 25 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Tirana accounted for 13 of Albania's 15 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. 13 of Tirana's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

39 of its 104 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Yerevan accounted for 23 of Armenia's 39 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories → Yerevan stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Canada

951 of its 3,189 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (428 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Russia

155 of its 514 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Moscow accounted for 84 of Russia's 155 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Australia

62 of Sydney's 104 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (59 stories). Hypothermia was named in 13 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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Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

36 of its 122 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 9 of Colombo's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Argentina

17 of its 62 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Wildfires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Illness was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 175 of Iran's 229 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. 122 of Tehran's 175 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Argentina (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Ukraine (19 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); covid in New Zealand (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); hypothermia in Australia (13 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 11 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 15,524 stories about harm among 88,721 counted on 11 Feb.

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Madagascar stood out: 84% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 26%. 17 in every 100 of the day's 88,721 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Madagascar's news, mentions of the cyclone ran about 4 times their usual. On 11 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 →

Madagascar84 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan53 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia46 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 23 · mostly rights & justice Israel43 in 100 of its 516 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia42 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 25 · mostly shelter & services

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 648 Tehran Iran122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175 Sydney Australia62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 104 Chicago US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 123 Minnesota US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66

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 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: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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: too little coverage to readEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: too little coverage to readJapan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDawson Creek, US -- health: 34 stories, carried by 85 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 20 stories, carried by 12 outletsColchester, UK -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 15 outletsTihar, India -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 12 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsColorado, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsDhaka, Bangladesh -- rights & justice: 75 stories, carried by 82 outletsKwara, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 16 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

● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Dawson Creek US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 34 stories ● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Colchester UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Tihar India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 4,399 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Health26% 3,946 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents16% 2,495 stories · much less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence12% 1,820 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 974 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 663 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 545 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 352 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 killed3,904 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,910 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,477 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,145 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting abductions203 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced171 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees93 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations89 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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