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52,795 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Caracas (Venezuela), violence in Sanaa and rights and justice in Larnaca. Yemen's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCyprus 67 in 100 of its 1,133 stories, usually 20
RegionCentral Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

170 of its 308 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Caracas accounted for 114 of Venezuela's 170 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. 90 of Caracas' 114 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (136 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

240 of its 271 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 82%. Sanaa accounted for 144 of Yemen's 240 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (54 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Rights & justice

Cyprus

758 of its 1,133 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Larnaca accounted for 711 of Cyprus' 758 stories about harm, carried by 682 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (329 stories).

Cyprus over 30 days → its stories → Larnaca stories →
Disasters & accidents

Antarctica

64 of its 120 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Storm surge was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with extreme cold. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Antarctica over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Palestine

633 of its 1,049 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 277 of Ramallah's 296 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (390 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

312 of its 698 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 152 of Dhaka's 191 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (113 stories).

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Rights & justice

Papua New Guinea

68 of its 125 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Dengue was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

920 of its 1,610 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Egyptair accounted for 783 of Egypt's 920 stories about harm, carried by 695 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (133 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

1,195 of its 2,231 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (287 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

France

960 of its 2,830 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (124 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Haiti (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Guernsey (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Papua New Guinea (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in North Korea (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Jersey (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 52,795 stories about harm among 256,705 counted on 30 Mar.

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Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Haiti's news. of the day's 256,705 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Venezuela stood out: 55% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 37%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen89 in 100 of its 271 stories · usually 82 · mostly conflict & violence Guinea87 in 100 of its 196 stories · usually 69 · mostly health U.S. Virgin Islands73 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 15 · mostly health Syria72 in 100 of its 1,337 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Cyprus67 in 100 of its 1,133 stories · usually 20 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ramallah Palestine277 stories about protests or strikes, of its 296 Minneapolis US273 stories about protests or strikes, of its 314 Washington US270 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1894 Jerusalem Israel259 stories about protests or strikes, of its 547 Islamabad Pakistan206 stories about protests or strikes, of its 311

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'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: 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'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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'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: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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'sEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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

● Taiwan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● France about twice as fearful as the world's · 960 stories about harm ● Belgium about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,428 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 240 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,195 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice39% 20,044 stories · more than usual (usually 35%) Conflict & violence24% 12,523 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents11% 5,827 stories · about as usual Health11% 5,436 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,185 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,800 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,763 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,155 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 killed14,993 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,250 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,579 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,438 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Belgium Stories reporting refugees1,220 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Greece Stories reporting abductions863 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Cyprus and Egypt Stories reporting evacuations538 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people displaced531 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill87 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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