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58,072 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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Rights and justice in Vienna, illness in Monrovia and the earthquake in Nepal drew the news. Austria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAustria 53 in 100 of its 500 stories, usually 17
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
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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Rights & justice

Austria

263 of its 500 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Vienna accounted for 238 of Austria's 263 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (219 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Health

Liberia

188 of its 288 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Monrovia accounted for 173 of Liberia's 188 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (151 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Liberia over 30 days → its stories → Monrovia stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

140 of its 375 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (117 stories). Earthquake was named in 108 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Cameroon

76 of its 117 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Belgium

453 of its 1,031 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Brussels accounted for 436 of Belgium's 453 stories about harm, carried by 404 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

101 of its 170 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Peru

196 of its 353 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 136 of Juliaca's 137 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (142 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

422 of its 1,481 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (168 stories). Avalanche was named in 172 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with snowstorms and storms.

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Displacement

Palestine

705 of its 1,243 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Hebron accounted for 524 of Palestine's 705 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Volcanic eruption was named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

550 of its 1,063 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 336 of Cairo's 423 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Jordan (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Italy (172 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Türkiye (99 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); gas explosion in Ukraine (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Sweden (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 58,072 stories about harm among 286,700 counted on 2 Mar.

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In Austria, 53% of the news was about people being harmed, where 17% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 286,700 stories, below the usual 22. Mentions of the earthquake ran about three times their usual in Nepal's news. On 2 March 2016, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria84 in 100 of its 2,212 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador81 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Mali79 in 100 of its 166 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia74 in 100 of its 285 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan74 in 100 of its 614 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US378 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2303 Cairo Egypt336 stories about protests or strikes, of its 423 Delhi India262 stories about protests or strikes, of its 573 Hebron Palestine261 stories about protests or strikes, of its 524 Hollywood US208 stories about protests or strikes, of its 429

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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 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 lessSweden: 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: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 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 lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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 lessOman: 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 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 lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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 lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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 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 lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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 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: 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: 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 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 lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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 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: 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 lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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 readArgentina: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: 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: 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 its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGeorgia: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualStaffordshire, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 12 stories, carried by 78 outletsTezpur, India -- health: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsKathmandu, Nepal -- disasters & accidents: 120 stories, carried by 146 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 31 outletsRed River, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsRustavi, Georgia -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsNorthumbria, UK -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsRishikesh, India -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 14 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

● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cameroon warmth about one and a half times usual ● Brazil warmth about one and a half times usual ● Poland warmth about one and a half times usual ● New Zealand warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Staffordshire UK about 4 times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 12 stories ● Tezpur India about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Kathmandu Nepal about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 120 stories ● Bogota Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 29 stories ● Red River US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 18,448 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 11,965 stories · about as usual Health19% 10,538 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 7,705 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,892 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,391 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,522 stories · less than usual (usually 5%) Food & livelihood3% 1,470 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 killed15,725 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,319 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,809 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,808 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,540 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Austria and the US Stories reporting abductions1,095 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced629 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations410 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill47 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Malaysia

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.

● 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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