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60,295 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 Dakar (Senegal), people killed in Norway and a disaster in Managua. Senegal's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNicaragua 78 in 100 of its 171 stories, usually 29
RegionSouth Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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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Protests & strikes

Senegal

58 of its 96 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Dakar accounted for 58 of Senegal's 58 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. 56 of Dakar's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Rights & justice

Norway

270 of its 585 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (224 stories). Flu was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Norway over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Togo

51 of its 70 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Togo over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Haiti

102 of its 155 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. les Cayes accounted for 83 of Haiti's 102 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. 79 of les Cayes' 83 stories were about protests or strikes. Hurricane was named in 87 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

49 of its 206 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 37 of Skopje's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

North Korea

585 of its 1,057 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Pyongyang accounted for 414 of North Korea's 585 stories about harm, carried by 329 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Cambodia

164 of its 269 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (130 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Uganda

209 of its 454 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (150 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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Conflict & violence

Tunisia

130 of its 163 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Haiti (87 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Sudan (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (33 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Brazil (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Afghanistan (125 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 60,295 stories about harm among 294,633 counted on 1 Mar.

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Senegal's news was 60% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. of the day's 294,633 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. Haiti's news mentioned the hurricane about three times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 1 March 2016, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Over February, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 in February 2016.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

El Salvador84 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice Burundi84 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 69 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Tunisia80 in 100 of its 163 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua78 in 100 of its 171 stories · usually 29 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan77 in 100 of its 1,140 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 4485 Miami US333 stories about protests or strikes, of its 476 Delhi India294 stories about protests or strikes, of its 641 Orlando US211 stories about protests or strikes, of its 501 Nablus Palestine198 stories about protests or strikes, of its 354

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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 lessNicaragua: 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: 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 lessMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: 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 lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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 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: too little coverage to readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: too little coverage to readEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: 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 lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 lessBangladesh: 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 lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTogo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNiger: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualLuxembourg: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBarbados: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualAstana, Kazakhstan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsOuagadougou, Burkina Faso -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 43 outletsMalmesbury, UK -- health: 19 stories, carried by 17 outletsSkopje, North Macedonia -- rights & justice: 39 stories, carried by 45 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 130 stories, carried by 120 outletsBayda, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 13 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 57 stories, carried by 56 outletsSan Jose de Oriente, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 10 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

● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Togo warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tunisia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Barbados warmth about one and a half times usual ● Brazil warmth about one and a half times usual ● Japan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Astana Kazakhstan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Ouagadougou Burkina Faso about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 28 stories ● Malmesbury UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Skopje North Macedonia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 39 stories ● Cambridge UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 130 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 18,833 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 12,582 stories · about as usual Health18% 10,497 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 8,872 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 3,042 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,245 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,915 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,301 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 killed16,367 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,902 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected6,569 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured4,718 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,321 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting abductions761 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations675 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced615 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill22 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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