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7,606 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Kabul, people displaced in Nuuk and protests in Paris (France). Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 81 in 100 of its 101 stories, usually 45
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

82 of its 101 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kabul accounted for 39 of Afghanistan's 82 stories about harm, carried by 268 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). 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.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Displacement

Greenland

52 of its 110 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Nuuk accounted for 45 of Greenland's 52 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Greenland over 30 days → its stories → Nuuk stories →
Protests & strikes

France

67 of its 276 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 16 of Paris' 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). 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.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

69 of its 208 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Flooding was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with earthquake and tuberculosis.

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

Kashmir

75 of its 114 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Jammu accounted for 42 of Kashmir's 75 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

211 of its 402 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Islamabad accounted for 102 of Pakistan's 211 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

125 of its 254 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kyiv accounted for 75 of Ukraine's 125 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Mexico

130 of its 323 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Iceland

11 of its 20 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

20 of its 34 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in US (219 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 7,606 stories about harm among 39,867 counted on 22 Feb.

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Of the day's 39,867 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. A year earlier, on 22 February 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to France, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan81 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir66 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence Syria56 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan52 in 100 of its 402 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine49 in 100 of its 254 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 122 Washington US70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 245 Delhi India43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Palm Beach US43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87 London UK23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 162

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: too little coverage to readTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: 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 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: 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: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: 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 readSpain: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualGreenland: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGeorgia, US -- health: 37 stories, carried by 27 outletsBerlin, Germany -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 23 outletsKishtwar, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 27 outletsPennsylvania, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsNuuk, Greenland -- displacement: 45 stories, carried by 107 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 42 stories, carried by 25 outletsLlanberis, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 11 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

● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Georgia US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 37 stories ● Berlin Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Kishtwar Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 29 stories ● Pennsylvania US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Nuuk Greenland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 45 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice24% 1,788 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents23% 1,678 stories · about as usual Health20% 1,477 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence19% 1,385 stories · much more than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 400 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 335 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 199 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 192 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 killed1,928 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests981 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected714 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured582 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced66 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations56 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions53 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Israel Stories reporting refugees49 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.