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28,711 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 a disaster in Mogadishu, protests in Manama (Bahrain) and illness in Monrovia. Somalia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBahrain 71 in 100 of its 323 stories, usually 29
RegionSouth Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Somalia

276 of its 327 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Mogadishu accounted for 208 of Somalia's 276 stories about harm, carried by 292 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (262 stories). Cholera was named in 92 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Protests & strikes

Bahrain

230 of its 323 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 26 of Manama's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (152 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Bahrain over 30 days → its stories → Manama stories →
Health

Liberia

44 of its 64 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Monrovia accounted for 37 of Liberia's 44 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Haemorrhagic fever was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Zimbabwe

227 of its 501 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 86 of Tsholotsho's 110 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (119 stories). Drought was named in 115 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain.

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

667 of its 1,267 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (268 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Japan

238 of its 1,010 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Jordan

70 of its 200 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

55 of its 82 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. 22 of Khartoum's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (42 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Libya

125 of its 181 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Ras Lanuf accounted for 98 of Libya's 125 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Zimbabwe (115 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); accidents in Belgium (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Guyana (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Canada (56 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); natural hazards in China (33 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 28,711 stories about harm among 131,621 counted on 5 Mar.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 131,621 stories, as usual. Mentions of the drought ran about 4 times their usual in Zimbabwe's news. A year earlier, on 5 March 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Somalia stood out: 84% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 72%. This week the news turned most often to el Salvador, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen88 in 100 of its 220 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia84 in 100 of its 327 stories · usually 72 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan79 in 100 of its 348 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Syria76 in 100 of its 1,003 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Bahrain71 in 100 of its 323 stories · usually 29 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Erie US339 stories about protests or strikes, of its 348 Berkeley US246 stories about protests or strikes, of its 334 Washington US201 stories about protests or strikes, of its 952 Phoenix US195 stories about protests or strikes, of its 252 Cairo Egypt142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: 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 lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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 lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: 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: too little coverage to readWallis & 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 usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJersey: warmth about its own usualHadramawt, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 70 stories, carried by 82 outletsOuagadougou, Burkina Faso -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 15 outletsForcados, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 50 stories, carried by 24 outletsNew Jersey, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 22 stories, carried by 19 outletsDan Stevens, US -- disasters & accidents: 26 stories, carried by 26 outletsLake Chad, Nigeria -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 21 outletsKashmir, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsVienna, Austria -- displacement: 105 stories, carried by 107 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 ● Austria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Hadramawt Yemen about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 70 stories ● Ouagadougou Burkina Faso about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Forcados Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 50 stories ● New Jersey US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 22 stories ● Dan Stevens US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 26 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 9,268 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 6,255 stories · about as usual Health19% 5,298 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 3,793 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,467 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 902 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 746 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 412 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 killed7,754 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,045 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,234 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,466 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees563 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Austria Stories reporting people displaced500 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Iraq Stories reporting abductions344 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations92 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about two-thirds of 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 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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