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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.

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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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 readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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 lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 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 lessIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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 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: 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: 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 readCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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 lessAustralia: 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: 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 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSlovakia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMaldives: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMopti, Mali -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 19 outletsSomnath, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsLashkar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 46 stories, carried by 34 outletsSomnath, India -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 18 outletsBanska Bystrica, Slovakia -- conflict & violence: 34 stories, carried by 34 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- rights & justice: 64 stories, carried by 66 outletsBhuj, India -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 14 outletsBratislava, Slovakia -- conflict & violence: 146 stories, carried by 123 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

● Poland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Maldives warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ghana warmth about one and a half times usual ● India warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mopti Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Somnath Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Lashkar Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 46 stories ● Somnath India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 23 stories ● Banska Bystrica Slovakia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 34 stories

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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