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The day's news pointed at a disaster in Toamasina, people killed in Laos and protests in Buenos Aires (Argentina). Laos' coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCambodia 46 in 100 of its 59 stories, usually 24
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Laos

10 of its 19 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Laos over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 26 of Syria's 63 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 120 of Iran's 190 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. 78 of Tehran's 120 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sudan

62 of its 82 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Morocco

14 of its 53 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Puerto Rico

10 of its 32 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Thailand

56 of its 161 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Canada

Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (213 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: measles in Mexico (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in South Africa (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in Ireland (10 of its stories, about 7 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 12 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 15,338 stories about harm among 89,232 counted on 12 Feb.

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Mentions of measles ran more than ten times their usual in Mexico's news. of the day's 89,232 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Madagascar for the second day running. Madagascar's news was 87% about people being harmed, against a usual 40%. On 12 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 →

Sudan76 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 62 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria56 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia46 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 24 · mostly rights & justice Ethiopia41 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 27 · mostly shelter & services Iran41 in 100 of its 469 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 647 Tehran Iran78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 120 Dhaka Bangladesh54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93 Melbourne Australia37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68 Minnesota US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 104

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sYemen: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: 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'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi 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 readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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'sLatvia: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLaos: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer 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'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: 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'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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

● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 120 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 157 stories about harm ● Canada about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 677 stories about harm ● New Zealand about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 217 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 4,141 stories · about as usual Health27% 4,122 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents17% 2,575 stories · much less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence11% 1,645 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 856 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 765 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 628 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 265 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 killed3,791 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,767 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,508 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured925 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions160 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees79 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting evacuations78 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Spain Stories reporting people falling ill21 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 much softer 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.