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9,757 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 plane crash in Bolivia, helicopter crash in Kenya and arrests in Ghana. Bolivia's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostBolivia 90 in 100 of its 115 stories, usually 27
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

Bolivia

104 of its 115 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. la Paz accounted for 95 of Bolivia's 104 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Plane crash was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories → La Paz stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kenya

47 of its 153 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

United Arab Emirates

77 of its 315 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Dubai accounted for 71 of the United Arab Emirates' 77 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

111 of its 164 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Kabul accounted for 67 of Afghanistan's 111 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

266 of its 583 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Islamabad accounted for 126 of Pakistan's 266 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 1,054 of Iran's 1,550 stories about harm, carried by 1,165 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (253 stories). Outbreaks were named in 59 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Cuba

97 of its 171 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Havana accounted for 60 of Cuba's 97 stories about harm, carried by 202 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (60 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Fiji

22 of its 49 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Cyclone was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with heavy rain, flooding and storms.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Fiji (17 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); train derailment in Italy (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Iran (59 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 28 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 9,757 stories about harm among 54,685 counted on 28 Feb.

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In Bolivia, 90% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 54,685 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. A year earlier, on 28 February 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bolivia90 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 164 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba57 in 100 of its 171 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan46 in 100 of its 583 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine44 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran420 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1054 Washington US89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 331 Delhi India38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108 La Paz Bolivia33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95 Los Angeles US22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readPhilippines: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: 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: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: too little coverage to readCook 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: 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 readMalawi: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualOttawa, Canada -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 18 stories, carried by 19 outletsBrighton, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsAtlanta, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 22 outletsGhazab, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsOklahoma, US -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsShahed, Iran -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsChennai, India -- health: 14 stories, carried by 16 outletsBeijing, China -- health: 17 stories, carried by 25 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

● Ottawa Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 18 stories ● Brighton UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Atlanta US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Ghazab Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Oklahoma US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence26% 2,483 stories · much more than usual (usually 12%) Rights & justice25% 2,370 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Health21% 2,048 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents13% 1,251 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 571 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 320 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 280 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 227 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 killed2,879 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting arrests1,094 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected888 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured852 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting abductions199 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting refugees106 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations64 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced62 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people falling ill5 at about half the usual rate · most about India and Italy

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 one and a half times 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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