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53,710 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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Protests in Guatemala City (Guatemala), illness in Juba and refugees in Burundi drew the news. Haiti's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRomania 55 in 100 of its 363 stories, usually 12
RegionEast Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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 →
Protests & strikes

Guatemala

605 of its 635 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Guatemala City accounted for 539 of Guatemala's 605 stories about harm, carried by 391 outlets. 501 of Guatemala City's 539 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → Guatemala City stories →
Health

South Sudan

219 of its 277 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Juba accounted for 126 of South Sudan's 219 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (20 stories). Cholera was named in 80 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Juba stories →
Rights & justice

Burundi

112 of its 126 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories). Malaria was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Burundi over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Haiti

114 of its 184 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 100 of Haiti's 114 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Landslides were named in 87 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Romania

201 of its 363 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (101 stories). Measles was named in 147 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

South Korea

1,913 of its 4,939 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 1,336 of Seoul's 1,550 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (178 stories). Drownings were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Hungary

170 of its 347 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Budapest accounted for 142 of Hungary's 170 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Switzerland

338 of its 889 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Türkiye

1,274 of its 2,112 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 103 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Health

Finland

71 of its 267 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: measles in Romania (147 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Austria (61 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Vietnam (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in Mongolia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (45 of its stories, about 6 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 10 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 53,710 stories about harm among 268,447 counted on 10 Mar.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. of the day's 268,447 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. the news turned to Guatemala for the third day running. Guatemala's news was 95% about people being harmed, against a usual 62%. A year earlier, on 10 March 2016, 20 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 →

Guatemala95 in 100 of its 635 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Burundi89 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice Central African Republic88 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 80 · mostly rights & justice Congo81 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq80 in 100 of its 949 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Seoul South Korea1336 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1550 Washington US719 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3001 Guatemala City Guatemala501 stories about protests or strikes, of its 539 Ramallah Palestine181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 201 Delhi India174 stories about protests or strikes, of its 396

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'sVietnam: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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 readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: 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'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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'sMyanmar: 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: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVatican City: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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

● Finland about three times as fearful as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Haiti about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 114 stories about harm ● Congo about three times as angry as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 325 stories about harm ● Greece about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 210 stories about harm ● Burundi about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 112 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 17,410 stories · about as usual Health19% 10,210 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 9,642 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents13% 7,015 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,331 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,221 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,634 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,282 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 killed15,676 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,393 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,507 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,559 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,149 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting people displaced558 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions493 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations327 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill202 at about three times 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 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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