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58,946 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 Srebrenica (Bosnia), people injured in France and people displaced in Ghana drew the news. Bosnia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostArgentina 54 in 100 of its 1,304 stories, usually 20
RegionEurope 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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

Bosnia

97 of its 109 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Srebrenica accounted for 74 of Bosnia's 97 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. 58 of Srebrenica's 74 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Srebrenica stories →
Conflict & violence

France

834 of its 2,479 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (349 stories). Hepatitis was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Ghana

207 of its 844 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Spain

186 of its 964 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (126 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Mali

87 of its 114 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Bamako accounted for 62 of Mali's 87 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Argentina

709 of its 1,304 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Buenos Aires accounted for 663 of Argentina's 709 stories about harm, carried by 591 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (271 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Vietnam

211 of its 563 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 104 of Hanoi's 144 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (123 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Burundi

83 of its 95 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Bujumbura accounted for 68 of Burundi's 83 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

238 of its 646 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

9,973 of its 13,524 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Brussels accounted for 9,838 of Belgium's 9,973 stories about harm, carried by 3,206 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Yemen (92 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in South Korea (30 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (44 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); storms in Zimbabwe (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in China (90 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 58,946 stories about harm among 258,670 counted on 23 Mar.

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Yemen's news mentioned the hunger about 5 times as often as usual. Bosnia's news was 89% about people being harmed, against a usual 46%. of the day's 258,670 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia89 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Burundi87 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen82 in 100 of its 613 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Mali76 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Syria74 in 100 of its 1,077 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Brussels Belgium570 stories about protests or strikes, of its 9838 Washington US307 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2537 Buenos Aires Argentina271 stories about protests or strikes, of its 663 Hyderabad India262 stories about protests or strikes, of its 285 Charlotte US241 stories about protests or strikes, of its 287

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 lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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 lessTunisia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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 lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: 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 lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 lessGermany: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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: 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 lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readAzad 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 lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: too little coverage to readCook 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualVietnam: warmth about one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualSamoa: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualWestern Sahara: warmth about its own usualMoldova: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGhana: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEl Salvador: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualChad: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualWestern Sahara: warmth about its own usualWestern Sahara: warmth about its own usualMarshall Islands: warmth about its own usualPort Augusta, Australia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 22 stories, carried by 17 outletsDakar, Senegal -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsTraverse City, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsLee County, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsKanchi, India -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 22 outletsSabrang, Bangladesh -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsAccra, Ghana -- conflict & violence: 74 stories, carried by 24 outletsDakhla, Western Sahara -- displacement: 15 stories, carried by 15 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

● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual ● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ghana warmth about one and a half times usual ● Thailand warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Vietnam warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Port Augusta Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 22 stories ● Dakar Senegal about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Traverse City US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Lee County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Kanchi India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 29 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence38% 22,033 stories · much more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice30% 17,474 stories · less than usual (usually 35%) Disasters & accidents9% 5,460 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Health8% 4,505 stories · less than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,777 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,928 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,744 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,099 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 killed23,344 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Belgium and the US Stories reporting people injured9,020 at about twice the usual rate · most about Belgium and the US Stories reporting arrests6,292 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,019 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Belgium Stories reporting refugees1,110 at about half the usual rate · most about Greece and the US Stories reporting people displaced620 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions584 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations516 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill33 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout one and a half times 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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