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29,414 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 news turned to protests in Orsha (Belarus), people injured in Ethiopia and violence in Amman. Haiti's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRomania 79 in 100 of its 160 stories, usually 15
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

91 of its 104 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Orsha accounted for 76 of Belarus' 91 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. 76 of Orsha's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Orsha stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ethiopia

610 of its 729 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (84 stories). Tornadoes were named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Jordan

294 of its 435 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Amman accounted for 223 of Jordan's 294 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (173 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories → Amman stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Haiti

374 of its 401 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Gonaives accounted for 323 of Haiti's 374 stories about harm, carried by 504 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (220 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Gonaives stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Tunisia

122 of its 136 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Tunis accounted for 118 of Tunisia's 122 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Türkiye

1,585 of its 2,719 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 742 of Istanbul's 799 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (523 stories). Plague was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

861 of its 1,076 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Damascus accounted for 617 of Syria's 861 stories about harm, carried by 529 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (506 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Romania

127 of its 160 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Bucharest accounted for 98 of Romania's 127 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 96 of Bucharest's 98 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

88 of its 106 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 59 of Tbilisi's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Madagascar

94 of its 97 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (82 stories). Natural hazards were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: drought in Niger (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (107 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drought in South Africa (134 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in Israel (90 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Guatemala (67 of its stories, more than ten 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 12 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 29,414 stories about harm among 131,953 counted on 12 Mar.

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Belarus stood out: 88% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 131,953 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Niger's news mentioned the drought more than ten times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 12 March 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Guatemala, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Madagascar97 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 58 · mostly disasters & accidents Haiti93 in 100 of its 401 stories · usually 52 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Tunisia90 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Belarus88 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 28 · mostly rights & justice Yemen85 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Istanbul Türkiye742 stories about protests or strikes, of its 799 Ankara Türkiye612 stories about protests or strikes, of its 659 Rotterdam Netherlands331 stories about protests or strikes, of its 366 Seoul South Korea260 stories about protests or strikes, of its 402 Washington US193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 980

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 lessYemen: 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 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 lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão 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 lessPortugal: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readJapan: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorway: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAmethi, India -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBihar, India -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 10 outletsVolusia, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 17 outletsCanberra, Australia -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsMaple Heights, US -- health: 41 stories, carried by 48 outletsBeijing, China -- rights & justice: 222 stories, carried by 139 outletsMoomba, Australia -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 20 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 12 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

● DR Congo warmth about one and a half times usual ● China warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Philippines warmth about one and a half times usual ● Norway warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Amethi India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Bihar India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 23 stories ● Volusia US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Canberra Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Maple Heights US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 41 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 9,204 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 5,538 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 5,479 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Health15% 4,203 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,187 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,225 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 611 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 466 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 killed9,732 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia Stories reporting people injured4,170 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting arrests4,056 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,401 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees597 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced286 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions264 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations167 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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
● Griefa little more than usual
● Feara little less 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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