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33,773 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 violence in Paris, people injured in Italy and protests in Chicago (US). Italy's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSouth Sudan 93 in 100 of its 155 stories, usually 64
RegionNorth America 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

France

722 of its 1,761 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Paris accounted for 503 of France's 722 stories about harm, carried by 491 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (238 stories). Plane crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

307 of its 827 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Snowstorms were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

US

12,025 of its 49,599 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 1,975 of Chicago's 2,111 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (326 stories). Plague was named in 97 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with oil spill and haemorrhagic fever.

US over 30 days → its stories → Chicago stories →
Rights & justice

Sudan

77 of its 108 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Iraq

602 of its 816 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Baghdad accounted for 258 of Iraq's 602 stories about harm, carried by 307 outlets. Tornadoes were named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sierra Leone

35 of its 56 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Freetown accounted for 29 of Sierra Leone's 35 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

53 of its 61 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tabanovce accounted for 46 of North Macedonia's 53 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. 34 of Tabanovce's 46 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

308 of its 562 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sweden

75 of its 225 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 50 of Helsingborg's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Israel

960 of its 1,515 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Jerusalem accounted for 452 of Israel's 960 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: meningitis in Malaysia (94 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Tunisia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Taiwan (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Greece (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 20 the day before
25 in 10018 in 10012 Feb19 Feb26 Feb4 Mar12 Mar12 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 10010 Mar: 20 in 10011 Mar: 20 in 10012 Mar: 22 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 33,773 stories about harm among 150,445 counted on 12 Mar.

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France's news was 41% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. of the day's 150,445 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan93 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice North Macedonia87 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 50 · mostly displacement Yemen82 in 100 of its 216 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq74 in 100 of its 816 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia72 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chicago US1975 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2111 Washington US216 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1203 Paris France154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 503 Ramallah Palestine106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 Damascus Syria98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 325

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: too little coverage to readMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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'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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMoldova: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: 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'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: 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

● Italy about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 307 stories about harm ● Norway few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 18 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 177 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 960 stories about harm ● South Sudan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 144 stories about harm ● Hong Kong few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 25 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice40% 13,261 stories · much more than usual (usually 34%) Conflict & violence22% 7,440 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents14% 4,815 stories · about as usual Health9% 3,147 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,061 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,065 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,028 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 412 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 killed8,801 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,115 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected4,837 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,147 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations456 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Spain Stories reporting people displaced401 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions257 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill40 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sri Lanka and the US

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.

● Angera little more than 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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