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49,146 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 news turned to illness in Tahiti, deaths in Ibri and protests in Athens (Greece). Iraq's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostOman 66 in 100 of its 340 stories, usually 8
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

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Health

French Polynesia

249 of its 255 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Tahiti accounted for 153 of French Polynesia's 249 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (179 stories). Flu was named in 175 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

French Polynesia over 30 days → its stories → Tahiti stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Oman

223 of its 340 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Ibri accounted for 187 of Oman's 223 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (193 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Oman over 30 days → its stories → Ibri stories →
Protests & strikes

Greece

890 of its 1,369 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 212 of Athens' 380 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (682 stories). Flu was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

932 of its 1,198 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Baghdad accounted for 585 of Iraq's 932 stories about harm, carried by 458 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (361 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Papua New Guinea

68 of its 117 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Port Moresby accounted for 52 of Papua New Guinea's 68 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

221 of its 378 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Avalanche was named in 125 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,292 of its 2,220 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Jerusalem accounted for 696 of Israel's 1,292 stories about harm, carried by 276 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (141 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Poland

119 of its 399 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

274 of Aleppo's 474 stories were about protests or strikes. Earthquake was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with typhoon. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Displacement

North Macedonia

325 of its 392 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (255 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Nepal (125 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Vietnam (27 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); malaria in Ethiopia (20 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); power cuts in Czechia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (71 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Mar. 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 49,146 stories about harm among 258,774 counted on 1 Mar.

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In French Polynesia's news, mentions of the flu ran about 8 times their usual. French Polynesia stood out: 98% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 62%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 258,774 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Over February, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

French Polynesia98 in 100 of its 255 stories · usually 62 · mostly health North Macedonia83 in 100 of its 392 stories · usually 44 · mostly displacement Syria81 in 100 of its 2,111 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Mali79 in 100 of its 221 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq78 in 100 of its 1,198 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Anaheim US397 stories about protests or strikes, of its 592 Washington US354 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1917 Jerusalem Israel296 stories about protests or strikes, of its 696 Aleppo Syria274 stories about protests or strikes, of its 474 Athens Greece212 stories about protests or strikes, of its 380

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: too little coverage to readVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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 lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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 readSaudi 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: too little coverage to readNiger: 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 lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: 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: 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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 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 lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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 readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about one and a half times its own usualYemen: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUS: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFiji: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualJersey: warmth about its own usualTuring, China -- conflict & violence: 47 stories, carried by 110 outletsAmman, Jordan -- conflict & violence: 55 stories, carried by 41 outletsBoise, US -- disasters & accidents: 57 stories, carried by 55 outletsOslo, Norway -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsWadi al-Aqiq, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 32 outletsHollywood, US -- rights & justice: 300 stories, carried by 248 outletsPathankot, India -- conflict & violence: 119 stories, carried by 63 outletsLashkar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 28 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

● Cameroon warmth about one and a half times usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tunisia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual ● Zimbabwe warmth about one and a half times usual ● Fiji warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Turing China about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 47 stories ● Amman Jordan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 55 stories ● Boise US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 57 stories ● Oslo Norway about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Wadi al-Aqiq Saudi Arabia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 26 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice36% 17,406 stories · more than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence26% 12,570 stories · about as usual Health11% 5,084 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 4,886 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,923 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,366 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,721 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,232 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 killed13,203 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,796 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,573 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,335 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees2,590 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Greece and Syria Stories reporting abductions447 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced390 at about half the usual rate · most about the Philippines and Israel Stories reporting evacuations270 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill69 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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
● Griefa little less 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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