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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 illness in Kremlin, violence in Gaza and protests in Tehran (Iran). Russia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.
Health
189 of its 437 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Kremlin accounted for 138 of Russia's 189 stories about harm, carried by 423 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (92 stories). Poisoning was named in 119 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Conflict & violence
66 of its 103 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Gaza accounted for 43 of Palestine's 66 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Protests & strikes
Tehran accounted for 91 of Iran's 154 stories about harm, carried by 181 outlets. 60 of Tehran's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Rights & justice
24 of its 110 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Dubai accounted for 22 of the United Arab Emirates' 24 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets.
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Conflict & violence
184 of its 309 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
76 of its 222 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories).
Rights & justice
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (80 stories). Natural hazards were named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
Protests & strikes
15 of Kaduna's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Health
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Health
Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual:
covid in Australia (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in India (27 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in US (46 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
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Russia's news mentioned poisoning more than ten times as often as usual. 17 in every 100 of the day's 51,258 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Russia, 43% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. A year earlier, on 14 February 2025, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.
17 in every 100 of the day's 51,258 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 18). Russia: 189 of its 437 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Palestine: 66 of its 103 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Iran: Tehran accounted for 91 of Iran's 154 stories about harm, carried by 181 outlets. United Arab Emirates: 24 of its 110 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Russia's news. Mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual in Australia's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were about as usual. A year earlier, on 14 February 2025, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or less Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Yemen: about as warm as its own usual or less Vietnam: about as warm as its own usual or less Venezuela: about as warm as its own usual or less Vanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or less Uzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Uruguay: too little coverage to read Micronesia: too little coverage to read U.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Guam: too little coverage to read Puerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or less United States: about as warm as its own usual or less South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to read Falkland Islands: too little coverage to read Cayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Isle of Man: too little coverage to read United Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or less United Arab Emirates: too little coverage to read Ukraine: about as warm as its own usual or less Uganda: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkmenistan: too little coverage to read Turkey: about as warm as its own usual or less Tunisia: too little coverage to read Trinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or less Tonga: too little coverage to read Togo: too little coverage to read Timor-Leste: too little coverage to read Thailand: about as warm as its own usual or less Tanzania: too little coverage to read Tajikistan: too little coverage to read Taiwan: too little coverage to read Syria: about as warm as its own usual or less Switzerland: about as warm as its own usual or less Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: about as warm as its own usual or less Suriname: about as warm as its own usual or less South Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or less South Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less South Africa: about as warm as its own usual or less Somalia: about as warm as its own usual or less Somaliland: too little coverage to read Solomon Islands: too little coverage to read Slovakia: too little coverage to read Slovenia: too little coverage to read Singapore: too little coverage to read Sierra Leone: too little coverage to read Seychelles: about as warm as its own usual or less Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: about as warm as its own usual or less Saudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or less São Tomé: too little coverage to read Samoa: too little coverage to read St Vincent: too little coverage to read St. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or less Rwanda: about as warm as its own usual or less Russia: about as warm as its own usual or less Romania: about as warm as its own usual or less Qatar: about as warm as its own usual or less Portugal: about as warm as its own usual or less Poland: about as warm as its own usual or less Philippines: about as warm as its own usual or less Peru: too little coverage to read Paraguay: too little coverage to read Papua New Guinea: too little coverage to read Panama: about as warm as its own usual or less Palau: too little coverage to read Pakistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Oman: about as warm as its own usual or less Norway: about as warm as its own usual or less North Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less Nigeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Niger: about as warm as its own usual or less Nicaragua: too little coverage to read New Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or less Niue: too little coverage to read Netherlands: about as warm as its own usual or less Curaçao: too little coverage to read Nepal: about as warm as its own usual or less Namibia: about as warm as its own usual or less Mozambique: about as warm as its own usual or less Morocco: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara: too little coverage to read Montenegro: about as warm as its own usual or less Mongolia: too little coverage to read Moldova: too little coverage to read Mexico: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritius: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritania: too little coverage to read Malta: about as warm as its own usual or less Mali: too little coverage to read Malaysia: about as warm as its own usual or less Malawi: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: about as warm as its own usual or less North Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Luxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or less Lithuania: about as warm as its own usual or less Libya: about as warm as its own usual or less Liberia: about as warm as its own usual or less Lesotho: too little coverage to read Lebanon: about as warm as its own usual or less Latvia: too little coverage to read Laos: about as warm as its own usual or less Kyrgyzstan: too little coverage to read Kuwait: about as warm as its own usual or less Kosovo: too little coverage to read Kiribati: too little coverage to read Kenya: about as warm as its own usual or less Kazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jordan: too little coverage to read Japan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jamaica: about as warm as its own usual or less Italy: about as warm as its own usual or less Palestine: about as warm as its own usual or less Ireland: about as warm as its own usual or less Iraq: about as warm as its own usual or less Iran: about as warm as its own usual or less Iceland: about as warm as its own usual or less Hungary: about as warm as its own usual or less Honduras: too little coverage to read Haiti: about as warm as its own usual or less Guyana: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Guatemala: about as warm as its own usual or less Grenada: too little coverage to read Greece: about as warm as its own usual or less Ghana: about as warm as its own usual or less Georgia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gabon: too little coverage to read France: about as warm as its own usual or less St Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to read French Polynesia: too little coverage to read New Caledonia: too little coverage to read French Southern Territories: too little coverage to read Åland Islands: too little coverage to read Finland: about as warm as its own usual or less Fiji: about as warm as its own usual or less Estonia: too little coverage to read Eritrea: too little coverage to read Equatorial Guinea: too little coverage to read El Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or less Egypt: about as warm as its own usual or less Ecuador: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominica: too little coverage to read Djibouti: too little coverage to read Greenland: about as warm as its own usual or less Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: about as warm as its own usual or less Czech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less N. Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cyprus: about as warm as its own usual or less Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: too little coverage to read Côte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to read Costa Rica: about as warm as its own usual or less DR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Comoros: too little coverage to read Colombia: about as warm as its own usual or less China: about as warm as its own usual or less Hong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or less Chile: about as warm as its own usual or less Chad: about as warm as its own usual or less Central African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Cape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or less Canada: about as warm as its own usual or less Cameroon: about as warm as its own usual or less Cambodia: about as warm as its own usual or less Myanmar: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: about as warm as its own usual or less Burkina Faso: too little coverage to read Bulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or less Brunei: about as warm as its own usual or less Botswana: too little coverage to read Bosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to read Bolivia: too little coverage to read Bhutan: too little coverage to read Benin: about as warm as its own usual or less Belize: about as warm as its own usual or less Belgium: about as warm as its own usual or less Belarus: too little coverage to read Barbados: too little coverage to read Bahrain: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahamas: too little coverage to read Azerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or less Austria: too little coverage to read Australia: about as warm as its own usual or less Heard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to read Armenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Argentina: about as warm as its own usual or less Antigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to read Angola: about as warm as its own usual or less Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: too little coverage to read Albania: about as warm as its own usual or less Afghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or less Aksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or less Gaza: about as warm as its own usual or less West Bank: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to read Western Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to read Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Siachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or less Crimea: about as warm as its own usual or less East Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or less Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Vatican City: too little coverage to read Marshall Islands: too little coverage to read Northern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to read American Samoa: too little coverage to read Chagos Islands: too little coverage to read St. Helena: too little coverage to read Pitcairn: too little coverage to read Anguilla: too little coverage to read Bermuda: about as warm as its own usual or less British Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Turks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to read Montserrat: too little coverage to read Jersey: about as warm as its own usual or less Guernsey: about as warm as its own usual or less San Marino: too little coverage to read St Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to read Cook Islands: too little coverage to read Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: too little coverage to read Monaco: too little coverage to read Maldives: too little coverage to read Liechtenstein: too little coverage to read Wallis & Futuna: too little coverage to read St. Martin: too little coverage to read St. Barthélemy: too little coverage to read Macao: too little coverage to read Norfolk Island: too little coverage to read Sint Maarten: too little coverage to read Christmas Island: too little coverage to read Gibraltar: too little coverage to read Mayotte: too little coverage to read Spain: warmth about its own usual Israel: warmth about its own usual Indonesia: warmth about its own usual India: warmth about its own usual Germany: warmth about its own usual Ethiopia: warmth about its own usual Brazil: warmth about its own usual Bangladesh: warmth about its own usual Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- shelter & services: 14 stories, carried by 14 outlets Seattle, US -- other: 21 stories, carried by 16 outlets Munich, Germany -- rights & justice: 35 stories, carried by 46 outlets Cambridge, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 21 outlets Massachusetts, US -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 29 outlets Kwara, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 10 outlets Dhaka, Bangladesh -- conflict & violence: 72 stories, carried by 189 outlets
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.
The day in three measures
harsh warm
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.