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52,034 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 Copenhagen, oil spill in Palau and the drought in Congo. Denmark's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan →
Part of lifeRights & justice 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostDenmark 44 in 100 of its 314 stories, usually 17
RegionEast Asia 17 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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 →
Conflict & violence

Denmark

139 of its 314 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Copenhagen accounted for 106 of Denmark's 139 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Rights & justice

Palau

19 of its 19 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Oil spill was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Palau over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Congo

122 of its 185 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (76 stories). Drought was named in 76 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

South Africa

781 of its 2,045 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (175 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Gambia

33 of its 99 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories). Malaria was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

1,432 of its 2,224 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Jerusalem accounted for 873 of Israel's 1,432 stories about harm, carried by 243 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (44 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

97 of its 223 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kuwait

47 of its 129 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Burundi

72 of its 81 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Bujumbura accounted for 62 of Burundi's 72 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Greece (284 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Qatar (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in Antarctica (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Puerto Rico (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Bulgaria (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 52,034 stories about harm among 266,480 counted on 10 Mar.

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In Greece's news, mentions of outbreaks ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 266,480 stories, as usual. Denmark's news was 44% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi89 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 73 · mostly rights & justice Yemen75 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia74 in 100 of its 462 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Syria70 in 100 of its 1,062 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq70 in 100 of its 1,088 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US232 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1904 Houston US203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 379 Moscow Russia188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 371 Portland US184 stories about protests or strikes, of its 295 Athens Greece182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Yemen: 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: 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: too little coverage to readUganda: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 readSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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 readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: 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 lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: too little coverage to readPhilippines: 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 lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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 readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 lessJamaica: 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: too little coverage to readIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: too little coverage to readGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: too little coverage to readEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: too little coverage to readHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: 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 readCanada: too little coverage to readCambodia: too little coverage to readBurundi: 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 lessBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: too little coverage to readGaza: 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 lessCrimea: too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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 readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualZambia: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualTezpur, India -- health: 23 stories, carried by 20 outletsTinfadimata, Mali -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsFort Gordon, US -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 10 outletsFairfield County, US -- health: 46 stories, carried by 33 outletsCopenhagen, Denmark -- conflict & violence: 106 stories, carried by 93 outletsTibetan Plateau, China -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 25 outletsYerevan, Armenia -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 15 outletsBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 17 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

● Venezuela warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cameroon warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Tezpur India about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories ● Tinfadimata Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Fort Gordon US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Fairfield County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 46 stories ● Copenhagen Denmark about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 106 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice36% 18,175 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 11,131 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents14% 6,976 stories · about as usual Health12% 6,039 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,864 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,139 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,759 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,754 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 killed14,034 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,995 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,617 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees1,607 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations765 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting abductions628 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced391 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Congo and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill146 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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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