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26,975 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 Istanbul, rights and justice in Tirana and illness in Nzerekore. Guinea's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAlbania 84 in 100 of its 50 stories, usually 13
RegionEurope 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

1,453 of its 1,857 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Istanbul accounted for 1,028 of Türkiye's 1,453 stories about harm, carried by 837 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (903 stories). Flooding was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
Rights & justice

Albania

42 of its 50 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Tirana accounted for 42 of Albania's 42 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Health

Guinea

74 of its 86 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Nzerekore accounted for 52 of Guinea's 74 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Nzerekore stories →
Displacement

Greece

429 of its 724 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (251 stories). Drownings were named in 128 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Somalia

224 of its 257 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Mogadishu accounted for 124 of Somalia's 224 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Russia

1,137 of its 1,959 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (946 stories). Hurricane was named in 98 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

472 of its 683 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Brussels accounted for 468 of Belgium's 472 stories about harm, carried by 554 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

58 of its 86 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

330 of its 532 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (271 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kenya

155 of its 345 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: meningitis in Malaysia (96 of its stories, about three times its usual); avalanche in Kashmir (42 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drownings in Libya (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Mexico (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Pakistan (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 26,975 stories about harm among 134,228 counted on 20 Mar.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 134,228 stories, as usual. This week the news turned most often to Guinea, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia87 in 100 of its 257 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Guinea86 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 61 · mostly health Albania84 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 13 · mostly rights & justice Türkiye78 in 100 of its 1,857 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Niger78 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Phoenix US463 stories about protests or strikes, of its 512 Tucson US181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Havana Cuba151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 408 Washington US127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 435 Chicago US123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 222

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: 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'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGermany: 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: 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 readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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'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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readJammu & 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about three times 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'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about twice 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlbania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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

● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 224 stories about harm ● Rwanda about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,453 stories about harm ● Jordan few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as angry as the world's · 330 stories about harm ● Kenya about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 155 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 8,844 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence27% 7,255 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents15% 3,980 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,100 stories · about as usual Health8% 2,094 stories · less than usual (usually 10%) Displacement4% 996 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 722 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 509 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 killed10,140 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting arrests3,335 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,273 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Spain Stories reporting people affected3,081 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees974 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions214 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Iraq Stories reporting people displaced197 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Palestine and Syria Stories reporting evacuations117 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Kashmir Stories reporting people falling ill56 at about the usual rate

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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