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41,569 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Bamako, people killed in Ireland and the cyclone in the Marshall Islands. Mali's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAlgeria 70 in 100 of its 185 stories, usually 42
RegionEurope 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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

Mali

213 of its 264 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Bamako accounted for 195 of Mali's 213 stories about harm, carried by 258 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Ireland

437 of its 1,904 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (307 stories). Drownings were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

France

707 of its 2,473 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (70 stories). Heatwave was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

197 of its 381 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Spain

375 of its 1,353 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (168 stories). Hurricane was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

529 of its 902 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Brussels accounted for 509 of Belgium's 529 stories about harm, carried by 529 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

192 of its 288 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

1,316 of its 3,013 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Plane crash was named in 205 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain.

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Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Russia (205 of its stories, about three times its usual); oil spill in Bangladesh (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Kashmir (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); helicopter crash in Indonesia (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Mexico (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 41,569 stories about harm among 229,258 counted on 21 Mar.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed in all 81 days held. In Russia's news, mentions of plane crash ran about three times their usual. Mali stood out: 81% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 56%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 229,258 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali81 in 100 of its 264 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia74 in 100 of its 221 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Guinea71 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 62 · mostly health Algeria70 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq68 in 100 of its 796 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Havana Cuba380 stories about protests or strikes, of its 668 Jerusalem Israel277 stories about protests or strikes, of its 420 Washington US274 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1205 Phoenix US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 257 Moscow Russia166 stories about protests or strikes, of its 714

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: near the world's share or lessSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPhilippines: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIran: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBangladesh: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: near the world's share or lessYemen: 52 in 100 of its 303 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Micronesia: 67 in 100 of its 6 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ukraine: 52 in 100 of its 381 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Uganda: 26 in 100 of its 271 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Türkiye: 58 in 100 of its 1,565 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Tunisia: 56 in 100 of its 72 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Thailand: 26 in 100 of its 591 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Syria: 59 in 100 of its 843 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)South Sudan: 39 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Sudan: 48 in 100 of its 100 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Spain: 28 in 100 of its 1,353 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)South Africa: 30 in 100 of its 1,044 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Somalia: 74 in 100 of its 221 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Sierra Leone: 51 in 100 of its 71 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Saudi Arabia: 27 in 100 of its 479 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Rwanda: 37 in 100 of its 126 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Russia: 44 in 100 of its 3,013 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Papua New Guinea: 31 in 100 of its 67 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palau: 100 in 100 of its 4 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Pakistan: 31 in 100 of its 1,370 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Nigeria: 27 in 100 of its 2,582 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Niger: 58 in 100 of its 62 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Nicaragua: 38 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Nepal: 35 in 100 of its 492 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Mozambique: 40 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Mali: 81 in 100 of its 264 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)North Macedonia: 35 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Libya: 59 in 100 of its 176 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Liberia: 30 in 100 of its 66 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Lebanon: 35 in 100 of its 316 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Kuwait: 37 in 100 of its 130 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Kenya: 27 in 100 of its 610 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Israel: 40 in 100 of its 2,222 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 50 in 100 of its 1,280 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ireland: 23 in 100 of its 1,904 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Iraq: 68 in 100 of its 796 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Indonesia: 44 in 100 of its 797 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Hungary: 25 in 100 of its 116 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Honduras: 61 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Guinea: 71 in 100 of its 79 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Grenada: 35 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Greece: 60 in 100 of its 1,032 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)France: 29 in 100 of its 2,473 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)French Polynesia: 70 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Fiji: 53 in 100 of its 212 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ethiopia: 31 in 100 of its 163 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)El Salvador: 63 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Egypt: 41 in 100 of its 705 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Denmark: 25 in 100 of its 267 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Côte d’Ivoire: 50 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Congo: 62 in 100 of its 247 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Central African Republic: 67 in 100 of its 288 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Cape Verde: 51 in 100 of its 57 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Cameroon: 29 in 100 of its 72 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Myanmar: 26 in 100 of its 182 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Burundi: 42 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Bosnia: 60 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Belgium: 59 in 100 of its 902 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Algeria: 70 in 100 of its 185 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Afghanistan: 36 in 100 of its 211 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Kashmir: 33 in 100 of its 230 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 50 in 100 of its 1,280 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 50 in 100 of its 1,280 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Kashmir: 33 in 100 of its 230 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Kashmir: 33 in 100 of its 230 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ukraine: 52 in 100 of its 381 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 50 in 100 of its 1,280 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Kashmir: 33 in 100 of its 230 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Marshall Islands: 77 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Maldives: 34 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Mali 81 in 100 of its 264 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Iraq 68 in 100 of its 796 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Somalia 74 in 100 of its 221 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Central African Republic 67 in 100 of its 288 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Algeria 70 in 100 of its 185 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Greece 60 in 100 of its 1,032 stories · mostly displacement

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 14,198 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence24% 9,585 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 5,368 stories · about as usual Health10% 4,121 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 3,112 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,848 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,562 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 880 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 killed12,650 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,254 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,632 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting people injured2,511 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting refugees1,348 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions411 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations304 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting people displaced296 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill51 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Thailand

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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