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54,149 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 day's news pointed at protests in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), a disaster in Addis Ababa and violence in Damascus. Ethiopia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Egypt → Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostKazakhstan 75 in 100 of its 323 stories, usually 23
RegionCentral Asia 65 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Uzbekistan

86 of its 107 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tashkent accounted for 85 of Uzbekistan's 86 stories about harm, carried by 4 outlets. 82 of Tashkent's 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Uzbekistan over 30 days → its stories → Tashkent stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ethiopia

517 of its 647 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Addis Ababa accounted for 323 of Ethiopia's 517 stories about harm, carried by 217 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Addis Ababa stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

1,870 of its 2,307 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Damascus accounted for 1,295 of Syria's 1,870 stories about harm, carried by 668 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (537 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

342 of its 484 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (265 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Kazakhstan

242 of its 323 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Astana accounted for 239 of Kazakhstan's 242 stories about harm, carried by 190 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Austria

344 of its 535 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (256 stories). Avalanche was named in 245 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Venezuela

167 of its 279 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (81 stories). Landslides were named in 65 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Poland

295 of its 724 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Cameroon

89 of its 143 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Mali

68 of its 82 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Foum el Alba accounted for 57 of Mali's 68 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Austria (245 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Venezuela (65 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Egypt (61 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Myanmar (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Switzerland (12 of its stories, more than ten 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 15 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 54,149 stories about harm among 269,384 counted on 15 Mar.

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Austria's news mentioned the avalanche more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 269,384 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Egypt. Uzbekistan's news was 80% about people being harmed, against a usual 34%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali83 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice Syria81 in 100 of its 2,307 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Uzbekistan80 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice South Sudan80 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia80 in 100 of its 647 stories · usually 53 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US285 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2545 Kiev Ukraine113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 North Dakota US111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121 Mexico City Mexico108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145 Sokoto Nigeria92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: 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'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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 readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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'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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMoldova: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNauru: 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

● Ethiopia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 517 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 1,870 stories about harm ● Denmark about twice as fearful as the world's · 87 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as fearful as the world's · 162 stories about harm ● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 295 stories about harm ● Uganda about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 342 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 14,991 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Health20% 10,503 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 10,007 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 9,054 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,852 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 2,227 stories · more than usual (usually 2%) Shelter & services4% 1,908 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,351 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 killed15,401 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,036 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,715 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,362 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees1,075 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced949 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions731 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations242 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting people falling ill160 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as 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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