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30,658 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 Abidjan, rights and justice in Caracas and the avalanche in Italy. Côte d’Ivoire's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCôte d’Ivoire 88 in 100 of its 813 stories, usually 20
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Côte d’Ivoire

712 of its 813 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Abidjan accounted for 680 of Côte d’Ivoire's 712 stories about harm, carried by 734 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (672 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Côte d’Ivoire over 30 days → its stories → Abidjan stories →
Rights & justice

Venezuela

99 of its 161 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Caracas accounted for 90 of Venezuela's 99 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (61 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

171 of its 655 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (72 stories). Avalanche was named in 126 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Brazil

214 of its 509 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 102 of Sao Paulo's 131 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (61 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Malaysia

382 of its 841 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (161 stories). Meningitis was named in 94 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

1,292 of its 1,654 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Ankara accounted for 880 of Türkiye's 1,292 stories about harm, carried by 817 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (613 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Mali

107 of its 119 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Kidal accounted for 66 of Mali's 107 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

502 of its 1,161 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (120 stories). Polio was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

150 of its 319 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (84 stories). Accidents were named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Puerto Rico

29 of its 43 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: dengue in Singapore (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Greece (59 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in Malaysia (94 of its stories, about three times its usual); accidents in Sri Lanka (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Peru (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 30,658 stories about harm among 130,457 counted on 13 Mar.

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In Côte d’Ivoire, 88% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. Italy's news mentioned the avalanche more than ten times as often as usual. 24 in every 100 of the day's 130,457 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20.

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Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali90 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice Yemen89 in 100 of its 293 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Côte d’Ivoire88 in 100 of its 813 stories · usually 20 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia83 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia83 in 100 of its 162 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chicago US1429 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1615 Cleveland US266 stories about protests or strikes, of its 282 Dayton US236 stories about protests or strikes, of its 293 Washington US171 stories about protests or strikes, of its 621 Aleppo Syria122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 356

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 lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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: 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 readSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: 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: 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: 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 lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: 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 readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: too little coverage to readNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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 lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: 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 lessFiji: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech 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: 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 lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: 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 lessBulgaria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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 lessAzerbaijan: 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 readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: 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 readYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualVenezuela: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKidal, Mali -- rights & justice: 66 stories, carried by 81 outletsSouth Windsor, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsXinjiang, China -- conflict & violence: 41 stories, carried by 35 outletsColumbus, US -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 21 outletsMansura, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 63 stories, carried by 55 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- displacement: 81 stories, carried by 68 outletsAbyan, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsBerlin, Germany -- displacement: 211 stories, carried by 243 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

● United Arab Emirates warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual ● Venezuela warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kidal Mali about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 66 stories ● South Windsor US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Xinjiang China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 41 stories ● Columbus US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Mansura Yemen about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 63 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 10,641 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence27% 8,256 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 5,013 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Health8% 2,283 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,774 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 951 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 877 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 379 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 killed9,997 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people affected4,318 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting arrests3,657 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,212 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting refugees1,304 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Germany and Syria Stories reporting people displaced433 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Türkiye Stories reporting evacuations309 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions231 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Germany and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill7 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and France

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 harsher than 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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