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14,229 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 day's news pointed at protests in Caracas (Venezuela), people killed in Zambia and the avalanche in Austria. Zambia's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostVenezuela 55 in 100 of its 119 stories, usually 29
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 →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

66 of its 119 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Caracas accounted for 46 of Venezuela's 66 stories about harm, carried by 191 outlets. 27 of Caracas' 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (46 stories).

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Conflict & violence

Zambia

16 of its 31 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Zambia over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Austria

56 of its 161 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Avalanche was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with power cuts, snowstorms and hypothermia.

Austria over 30 days → its stories →
Shelter & services

Cuba

50 of its 111 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Havana accounted for 26 of Cuba's 50 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Romania

28 of its 111 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (17 stories). Snowstorms were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.

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Protests & strikes

Argentina

19 of its 65 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 14 of Buenos Aires' 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

69 of its 90 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. el Fasher accounted for 27 of Sudan's 69 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

UK

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (414 stories). Poisoning was named in 38 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Singapore

39 of its 150 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

8 of its 25 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 3 of Minsk's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Romania (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Somalia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Philippines (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in Greece (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 14,229 stories about harm among 81,195 counted on 20 Feb.

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Romania's news mentioned snowstorms more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 81,195 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Venezuela, 55% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. A year earlier, on 20 February 2025, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan77 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela55 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 29 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan48 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Cuba45 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 35 · mostly shelter & services Israel43 in 100 of its 483 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 571 Delhi India98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207 Tehran Iran77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 158 London UK28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 333 Caracas Venezuela27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 46

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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 lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualRaleigh, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 20 outletsGeorgia, US -- health: 160 stories, carried by 425 outletsKwara, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 10 outletsHumberside, UK -- health: 26 stories, carried by 24 outletsSokoto, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 31 outletsVisakhapatnam, India -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 16 outletsEvesham, UK -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsOttawa, Canada -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 36 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

● Raleigh US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Georgia US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 160 stories ● Kwara Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Humberside UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 26 stories ● Sokoto Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 4,270 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Health26% 3,609 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents18% 2,527 stories · much less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence10% 1,404 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 681 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 586 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 552 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 267 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 killed3,239 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,093 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,500 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured550 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions134 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees93 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations80 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Brazil

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
● 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.