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29,969 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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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Baghdad, livelihoods in Kazlu Ruda and rights and justice in Tehran. Iraq's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIran 50 in 100 of its 1,238 stories, usually 21
RegionCentral Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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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Conflict & violence

Iraq

853 of its 1,049 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Baghdad accounted for 567 of Iraq's 853 stories about harm, carried by 600 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (610 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

617 of its 1,238 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Tehran accounted for 491 of Iran's 617 stories about harm, carried by 374 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (160 stories).

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Displacement

Lebanon

81 of its 162 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Egypt

431 of its 744 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Cairo accounted for 341 of Egypt's 431 stories about harm, carried by 245 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (211 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Honduras

156 of its 186 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Slovakia

209 of its 419 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Malaysia

436 of its 1,063 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (162 stories). Meningitis was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Italy

224 of its 698 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (153 stories). Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with volcanic eruption and plague.

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Protests & strikes

Ukraine

82 of its 156 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 50 of Kiev's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Ecuador (36 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in Jamaica (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drought in Somalia (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); meningitis in South Korea (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (39 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 29,969 stories about harm among 139,785 counted on 6 Mar.

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Mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 6 times their usual in Ecuador's news. of the day's 139,785 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Iraq stood out: 81% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 64%. This week the news turned most often to Iraq, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen90 in 100 of its 346 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Honduras84 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Libya84 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq81 in 100 of its 1,049 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Maldives77 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel349 stories about protests or strikes, of its 562 Washington US206 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1422 Istanbul Türkiye171 stories about protests or strikes, of its 275 Ankara Türkiye129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 342 Beijing China69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 156

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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 readSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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 readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little warmer 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

● Honduras about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 156 stories about harm ● Iraq about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 853 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 311 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as fearful as the world's · 166 stories about harm ● Slovakia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 209 stories about harm ● Poland about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 91 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 9,610 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence28% 8,141 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents11% 3,339 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Health10% 3,038 stories · about as usual Displacement6% 1,712 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,637 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,042 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 851 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 killed8,938 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,447 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,154 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,096 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,748 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Greece and Türkiye Stories reporting abductions503 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Italy and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced478 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and Syria Stories reporting evacuations175 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill31 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Papua New Guinea

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
● Warmtha little more than 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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