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46,747 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 protests in Beirut (Lebanon), landslides in Slovakia and violence in Sanaa. Yemen's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSlovakia 71 in 100 of its 119 stories, usually 17
RegionSoutheast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Lebanon

158 of its 300 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Beirut accounted for 124 of Lebanon's 158 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. 88 of Beirut's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (86 stories). Flu was named in 87 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Displacement

Slovakia

85 of its 119 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (79 stories). Landslides were named in 70 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Slovakia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

635 of its 694 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Sanaa accounted for 288 of Yemen's 635 stories about harm, carried by 242 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (164 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Guyana

81 of its 150 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Georgetown accounted for 72 of Guyana's 81 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. 57 of Georgetown's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Honduras

279 of its 330 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 102 of la Esperanza's 105 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (195 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Suriname

33 of its 40 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Paramaribo accounted for 32 of Suriname's 33 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. 27 of Paramaribo's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (25 stories).

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Health

Papua New Guinea

54 of its 105 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Heavy rain was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms and dengue.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

1,360 of its 1,940 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Hunger was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with malaria. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Micronesia (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); wildfires in Greenland (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in South Sudan (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Papua New Guinea (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Haiti (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 46,747 stories about harm among 253,317 counted on 4 Mar.

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In Slovakia's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Lebanon stood out: 53% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 31%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 253,317 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen91 in 100 of its 694 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Honduras85 in 100 of its 330 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Mozambique78 in 100 of its 302 stories · usually 45 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan73 in 100 of its 177 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Slovakia71 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 17 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US358 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1951 Delhi India194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 459 Damascus Syria190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 446 Jerusalem Israel142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 617 Ramallah Palestine110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 219

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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 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: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: 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 readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: too little coverage to readJapan: 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: too little coverage to readIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: 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: 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 lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: 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 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: 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: 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 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSlovakia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuyana: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGoodenough Island, Papua New Guinea -- health: 21 stories, carried by 21 outletsSheikh Othman, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 92 stories, carried by 72 outletsDonbass, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 23 outletsBratislava, Slovakia -- displacement: 28 stories, carried by 28 outletsZamboanga, Philippines -- conflict & violence: 65 stories, carried by 12 outletsStanford, US -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 21 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 45 stories, carried by 40 outletsVermont, US -- rights & justice: 42 stories, carried by 31 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

● Slovakia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Taiwan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Honduras warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Malta warmth about one and a half times usual ● Papua New Guinea warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Goodenough Island Papua New Guinea about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Sheikh Othman Yemen about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 92 stories ● Donbass Ukraine about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 30 stories ● Bratislava Slovakia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 28 stories ● Zamboanga Philippines about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 65 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice38% 17,441 stories · much more than usual (usually 33%) Conflict & violence21% 9,697 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents13% 5,799 stories · about as usual Health11% 4,914 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,544 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,219 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,690 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,271 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 killed12,739 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,620 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,918 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,008 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting refugees1,850 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced740 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions710 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations359 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill128 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmtha little more than 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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