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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 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 lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: 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 lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: 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 lessRussia: 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: 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 lessNew Zealand: 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 readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: too little coverage to readJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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 readGuatemala: 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 lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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 lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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 readChina: too little coverage to readHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: 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 lessCanada: 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 lessBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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 lessBangladesh: 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 lessAntigua & 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 lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readTunisia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualCape Verde: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDiyarbakir, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 37 stories, carried by 29 outletsYork City Police Department, US -- shelter & services: 30 stories, carried by 30 outletsTunis, Tunisia -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 22 outletsIndiana, US -- health: 48 stories, carried by 50 outletsSanliurfa, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsRatnagiri, India -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 12 outletsTehran, Iran -- conflict & violence: 51 stories, carried by 118 outletsManila, Philippines -- rights & justice: 141 stories, carried by 64 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

● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tunisia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Diyarbakir Türkiye about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 37 stories ● York City Police Department US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 30 stories ● Tunis Tunisia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Indiana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 48 stories ● Sanliurfa Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 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 →

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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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