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29,267 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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Protests in Algiers (Algeria), violence in Paris and plane crash in Russia drew the news. Algeria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAlgeria 81 in 100 of its 217 stories, usually 37
RegionCentral Asia 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Algeria

175 of its 217 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Algiers accounted for 131 of Algeria's 175 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. 70 of Algiers' 131 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (142 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Conflict & violence

France

825 of its 1,941 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Paris accounted for 777 of France's 825 stories about harm, carried by 584 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (337 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Russia

2,267 of its 3,791 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (1,839 stories). Plane crash was named in 489 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane.

Russia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Panama

61 of its 120 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Panama over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

1,747 of its 2,140 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Istanbul accounted for 1,089 of Türkiye's 1,747 stories about harm, carried by 908 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (1,259 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Singapore

83 of its 355 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Heatwave was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Armenia

32 of its 94 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 5 of Yerevan's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

900 of its 1,247 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Brussels accounted for 892 of Belgium's 900 stories about harm, carried by 840 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (550 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Tanzania

64 of its 115 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Kazakhstan

61 of its 135 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. 40 of Zhanaozen's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: meningitis in Malaysia (96 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Angola (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in United Arab Emirates (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Papua New Guinea (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Kashmir (23 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

21 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 19 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 29,267 stories about harm among 140,744 counted on 19 Mar.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Algeria. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 140,744 stories, as usual. Algeria's news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 37%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen85 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 82 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi83 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 69 · mostly rights & justice Türkiye82 in 100 of its 2,140 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Algeria81 in 100 of its 217 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Guinea78 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 59 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Phoenix US296 stories about protests or strikes, of its 316 Chicago US193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 278 Brussels Belgium180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 892 Petersburg Russia148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 234 Washington US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 656

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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'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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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 readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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'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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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'sBangladesh: 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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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

● Cameroon few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Türkiye about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,747 stories about harm ● Algeria about twice as angry as the world's · 175 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 294 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 119 stories about harm ● Singapore about twice as fearful as the world's · 83 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice36% 10,351 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence26% 7,588 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 4,219 stories · about as usual Health8% 2,197 stories · less than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,064 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,008 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 956 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 419 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 killed10,509 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,933 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,559 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US Stories reporting people affected3,094 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees946 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions272 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iraq and the US Stories reporting people displaced248 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Palestine and Syria Stories reporting evacuations79 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill41 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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