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49,602 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 tsunami in Papua New Guinea, deaths in Lusaka and protests in Manama (Bahrain) drew the news. Mali's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than 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 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPapua New Guinea 69 in 100 of its 179 stories, usually 31
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Zambia

129 of its 261 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Lusaka accounted for 96 of Zambia's 129 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Zambia over 30 days → its stories → Lusaka stories →
Protests & strikes

Bahrain

180 of its 292 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 25 of Manama's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Bahrain over 30 days → its stories → Manama stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

183 of its 229 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Bamako accounted for 102 of Mali's 183 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Panama

177 of its 283 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Panama City accounted for 145 of Panama's 177 stories about harm, carried by 201 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (164 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nepal

165 of its 343 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 45 of Kathmandu's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (70 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Kenya

407 of its 927 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Poisoning was named in 22 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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Protests & strikes

Lebanon

55 of its 134 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 11 of Beirut's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Outbreaks were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Madagascar

31 of its 36 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Cyclone was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tropical storm, storms and hurricane.

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Disasters & accidents

Belgium

230 of its 441 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Zeebrugge accounted for 171 of Belgium's 230 stories about harm, carried by 214 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (181 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Madagascar (30 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in Vietnam (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Liberia (26 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); power cuts in Gambia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Lebanon (16 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 6 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 49,602 stories about harm among 240,507 counted on 6 Mar.

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Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 21 in every 100 of the day's 240,507 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Papua New Guinea's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 5 times their usual. Papua New Guinea stood out: 69% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 31%. A year earlier, on 6 March 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger84 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen82 in 100 of its 280 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Mali80 in 100 of its 229 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan74 in 100 of its 504 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia73 in 100 of its 211 stories · usually 72 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US452 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2993 Islamabad Pakistan158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 457 Boston US152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 561 Berkeley US127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 261 Kiev Ukraine122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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: too little coverage to readU.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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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 readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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'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'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: 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'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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'sBurundi: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: feelings about like the world'sSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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 readZambia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNauru: 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 999 stories about harm ● Mali about three times as angry as the world's · 183 stories about harm ● Panama about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 177 stories about harm ● Philippines about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,213 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 374 stories about harm ● Zambia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 129 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 14,320 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence22% 10,881 stories · about as usual Health21% 10,217 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents13% 6,537 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,056 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,504 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,432 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 751 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 killed14,020 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,037 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,128 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured3,242 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,780 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced571 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions494 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations173 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and Kenya Stories reporting people falling ill34 at about two-thirds 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 →

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
● 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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