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48,148 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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Illness in Port-au-Prince, protests in Georgetown (Guyana) and the hunger in Sudan drew the news. Guyana's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Haiti and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostHonduras 85 in 100 of its 292 stories, usually 36
RegionSoutheast Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

Haiti

193 of its 249 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 160 of Haiti's 193 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (174 stories). Cholera was named in 183 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Protests & strikes

Guyana

120 of its 201 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Georgetown accounted for 109 of Guyana's 120 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 100 of Georgetown's 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guyana over 30 days → its stories → Georgetown stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

118 of its 178 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Hunger was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

602 of its 987 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Earthquake was named in 422 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with wildfires.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Honduras

247 of its 292 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 90 of Agua Zarca's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 472 of Syria's 1,098 stories about harm, carried by 336 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (404 stories). Power cuts were named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Zambia

87 of its 189 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (57 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

218 of its 467 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Argentina

120 of its 462 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

111 of its 127 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Ouagadougou accounted for 108 of Burkina Faso's 111 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: dengue in Cuba (47 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Angola (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Peru (20 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); wildfires in Greenland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Norway (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 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 3 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 48,148 stories about harm among 263,893 counted on 3 Mar.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed in all 63 days held. of the day's 263,893 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Haiti's news mentioned the cholera more than ten times as often as usual. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Haiti and the US. In Haiti, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso87 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Honduras85 in 100 of its 292 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice Haiti78 in 100 of its 249 stories · usually 30 · mostly health Yemen77 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Libya77 in 100 of its 279 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US442 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1711 Delhi India415 stories about protests or strikes, of its 761 Athens Greece305 stories about protests or strikes, of its 507 Istanbul Türkiye224 stories about protests or strikes, of its 305 Ramallah Palestine159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 381

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGibraltar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Somalia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 174 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as fearful as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Honduras about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 247 stories about harm ● Tunisia about twice as fearful as the world's · 128 stories about harm ● Argentina about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 120 stories about harm ● Haiti about twice as fearful as the world's · 193 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice39% 17,947 stories · much more than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence22% 10,103 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents13% 6,043 stories · about as usual Health11% 4,903 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,847 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,859 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,614 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,250 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 killed12,839 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected6,995 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,835 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,172 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees1,529 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Greece and the US Stories reporting abductions736 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced437 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Syria Stories reporting evacuations306 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill258 at about twice the usual rate · most about Haiti and the US

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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