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What the world's news said happened to people.
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45,443 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 Algiers, protests in Sao Paulo (Brazil) and people killed in Guinea. Guinea's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India →
Part of lifeRights & justice 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuinea 97 in 100 of its 483 stories, usually 35
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Algeria

276 of its 320 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Algiers accounted for 169 of Algeria's 276 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (144 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Protests & strikes

Brazil

648 of its 1,430 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 125 of Sao Paulo's 163 stories were about protests or strikes. Chikungunya was named in 186 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with plague. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Sao Paulo stories →
Health

Guinea

468 of its 483 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (457 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mongolia

35 of its 81 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Earthquake was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.

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

Belgium

1,405 of its 1,826 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Brussels accounted for 1,386 of Belgium's 1,405 stories about harm, carried by 1,168 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (1,111 stories).

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Health

Angola

65 of its 97 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (59 stories). Malaria was named in 52 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Argentina

167 of its 379 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 108 of Buenos Aires' 150 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (20 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Belarus

51 of its 112 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

125 of its 290 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about 5 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

Finland

69 of its 262 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 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 three times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: malaria in Angola (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Nepal (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in Malaysia (96 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Tunisia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 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 18 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 45,443 stories about harm among 237,944 counted on 18 Mar.

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Mentions of the malaria ran more than ten times their usual in Angola's news. of the day's 237,944 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. Algeria stood out: 86% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guinea97 in 100 of its 483 stories · usually 35 · mostly health Yemen91 in 100 of its 272 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence Algeria86 in 100 of its 320 stories · usually 29 · mostly conflict & violence Niger80 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Belgium77 in 100 of its 1,826 stories · usually 28 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Brussels Belgium289 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1386 Ankara Türkiye278 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1213 Washington US235 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1298 Chicago US192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 353 Beijing China155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 270

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: 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 lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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 lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 lessNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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 lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: too little coverage to readPalestine: 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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 readEthiopia: too little coverage to readEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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 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 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 lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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 readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about twice its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMorocco: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalaysia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualMacao: warmth about twice its own usualBern, Switzerland -- health: 28 stories, carried by 26 outletsBellinzona, Switzerland -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsNusaybin, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 15 outletsBukit Jalil, Malaysia -- health: 146 stories, carried by 32 outletsMammadli, Azerbaijan -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 15 outletsJacksonville, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsYerevan, Armenia -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 10 outletsAmsterdam, Netherlands -- rights & justice: 130 stories, carried by 141 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

● Macao warmth about twice usual ● Taiwan warmth about twice usual ● Netherlands warmth about one and a half times usual ● Malaysia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Morocco warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bern Switzerland about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories ● Bellinzona Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Nusaybin Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Bukit Jalil Malaysia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 146 stories ● Mammadli Azerbaijan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice36% 16,138 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence24% 10,767 stories · about as usual Health12% 5,191 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 4,807 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,109 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,908 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,718 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 994 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 killed13,263 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,280 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,042 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,693 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,895 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions492 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced485 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill226 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations123 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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