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50,727 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 violence in Jerusalem, oil spill in Palau and storms in the United Arab Emirates. Israel's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK →
Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostChad 62 in 100 of its 120 stories, usually 22
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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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,878 of its 2,742 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,149 of Israel's 1,878 stories about harm, carried by 543 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (882 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Rights & justice

Palau

30 of its 33 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Koror accounted for 30 of Palau's 30 stories about harm, carried by 2 outlets. Oil spill was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Tunisia

347 of its 392 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Tunis accounted for 214 of Tunisia's 347 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (128 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

709 of its 776 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Mogadishu accounted for 558 of Somalia's 709 stories about harm, carried by 470 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (660 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Romania

118 of its 308 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (83 stories). Natural hazards were named in 62 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

Denmark

64 of its 200 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Honduras

72 of its 91 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. 24 of Tegucigalpa's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Uruguay

15 of its 39 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: chikungunya in Puerto Rico (45 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Romania (62 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chickenpox in Guadeloupe (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drought in Thailand (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); food poisoning in Malaysia (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
25 in 10018 in 1009 Feb16 Feb23 Feb1 Mar9 Mar9 Feb: 20 in 10010 Feb: 18 in 10011 Feb: 20 in 10012 Feb: 20 in 10013 Feb: 23 in 10014 Feb: 22 in 10015 Feb: 21 in 10016 Feb: 20 in 10017 Feb: 20 in 10018 Feb: 20 in 10019 Feb: 21 in 10020 Feb: 23 in 10021 Feb: 25 in 10022 Feb: 21 in 10023 Feb: 20 in 10024 Feb: 20 in 10025 Feb: 20 in 10026 Feb: 20 in 10027 Feb: 21 in 10028 Feb: 20 in 10029 Feb: 19 in 1001 Mar: 19 in 1002 Mar: 19 in 1003 Mar: 18 in 1004 Mar: 18 in 1005 Mar: 20 in 1006 Mar: 21 in 1007 Mar: 19 in 1008 Mar: 19 in 1009 Mar: 19 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 50,727 stories about harm among 266,299 counted on 9 Mar.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. of the day's 266,299 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. Puerto Rico's news mentioned the chikungunya about 4 times as often as usual. Israel's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 53%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

French Polynesia93 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 77 · mostly health Somalia91 in 100 of its 776 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia89 in 100 of its 392 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen86 in 100 of its 221 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Honduras79 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US174 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1350 Moscow Russia169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 319 Delhi India149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 705 Hebron Palestine139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 Harare Zimbabwe110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: 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 readSudan: 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: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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'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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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: 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'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: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUruguay: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice 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 angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrench Polynesia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNauru: coverage a little angrier 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

● French Polynesia about twice as fearful as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Tunisia about three times as angry as the world's · 347 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 709 stories about harm ● Honduras about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 363 stories about harm ● Denmark about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 64 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 17,153 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 10,840 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Health13% 6,602 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Disasters & accidents13% 6,554 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,611 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,077 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,755 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,103 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 killed14,697 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,325 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,895 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,743 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,685 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions697 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced481 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Japan and Yemen Stories reporting evacuations478 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people falling ill222 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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
● 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.