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15,709 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to landslides in Brazil, protests in Tehran (Iran) and the drought in Somalia. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry 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 · about as usual Country that rose mostCuba 68 in 100 of its 265 stories, usually 35
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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

Brazil

62 of its 207 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Landslides were named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, heavy rain and storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 196 of Iran's 282 stories about harm, carried by 253 outlets. 117 of Tehran's 196 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Shelter & services

Somalia

39 of its 70 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Drought was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

52 of its 190 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Cuba

180 of its 265 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Havana accounted for 76 of Cuba's 180 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (103 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

59 of its 76 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Darfur accounted for 20 of Sudan's 59 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Cyprus

18 of its 51 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Zimbabwe

54 of its 164 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. HIV was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with tuberculosis.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Sierra Leone

9 of its 14 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Hungary

19 of its 71 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in Norway (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Zimbabwe (23 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); covid in South Korea (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Jordan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Mexico (10 of its stories, about 4 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 25 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 15,709 stories about harm among 88,605 counted on 25 Feb.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Brazil. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 88,605 stories, as usual. Brazil's news was 30% about people being harmed, against a usual 15%. On 25 February 2025, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan78 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba68 in 100 of its 265 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine57 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia56 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 36 · mostly shelter & services Syria45 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US253 stories about protests or strikes, of its 829 Tehran Iran117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 196 Delhi India58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207 London UK40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 259 Minnesota US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 77

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: 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 lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão 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: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPalestine: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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: 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 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualFulani, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 13 outletsAlabama, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 45 stories, carried by 27 outletsQuebec, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 36 outletsPhoenix, US -- rights & justice: 53 stories, carried by 59 outletsHarare, Zimbabwe -- health: 28 stories, carried by 34 outletsChennai, India -- rights & justice: 31 stories, carried by 14 outletsMontreal, Canada -- health: 11 stories, carried by 13 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

● Fulani Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Alabama US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Lagos Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 45 stories ● Quebec Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 16 stories ● Phoenix US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 53 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 4,419 stories · about as usual Health26% 4,006 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,453 stories · much less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence13% 2,059 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 703 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 630 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 602 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 427 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 killed3,641 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,940 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,665 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured788 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions232 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Australia and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced158 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations81 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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