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54,661 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 Srebrenica, protests in Yangon (Myanmar) and illness in Luanda. Bosnia's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBosnia 95 in 100 of its 694 stories, usually 53
RegionCentral Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

662 of its 694 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Srebrenica accounted for 386 of Bosnia's 662 stories about harm, carried by 348 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Srebrenica stories →
Rights & justice

Singapore

312 of its 1,145 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (138 stories). Dengue was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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

Côte d’Ivoire

104 of its 115 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Abidjan accounted for 101 of Côte d’Ivoire's 104 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Burundi

51 of its 62 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Bujumbura accounted for 44 of Burundi's 51 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ireland

373 of its 1,845 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (241 stories). House fires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

North Korea

240 of its 583 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bulgaria

78 of its 226 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Argentina

701 of its 1,731 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Buenos Aires accounted for 613 of Argentina's 701 stories about harm, carried by 479 outlets. 334 of Buenos Aires' 613 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: hepatitis in Czechia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Yemen (57 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Sudan (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Saudi Arabia (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 54,661 stories about harm among 249,332 counted on 24 Mar.

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Mentions of hepatitis ran more than ten times their usual in the Czechia's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Bosnia. Bosnia stood out: 95% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 53%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 249,332 news stories 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 →

Bosnia95 in 100 of its 694 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Côte d’Ivoire90 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi82 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Syria78 in 100 of its 1,394 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Belgium78 in 100 of its 7,309 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Charlotte US502 stories about protests or strikes, of its 585 Buenos Aires Argentina334 stories about protests or strikes, of its 613 Washington US298 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1279 Brooklyn US240 stories about protests or strikes, of its 319 Brussels Belgium194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 5637

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'sVenezuela: 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: 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'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sRussia: 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'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'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: too little coverage to readFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican 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 readCuba: 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'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: 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: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLithuania: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIreland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAngola: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: 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

● Bosnia about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 662 stories about harm ● Belgium about twice as fearful as the world's · 5,690 stories about harm ● Lithuania few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 7 stories about harm ● Sudan about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Burundi about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 162 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 17,904 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence33% 17,611 stories · much more than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents11% 6,086 stories · about as usual Health9% 4,546 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,247 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,521 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,436 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,082 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 killed18,182 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,966 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Belgium and the US Stories reporting refugees1,205 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Greece and Syria Stories reporting people displaced532 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations471 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions332 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill59 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little more than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.