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52,976 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 protests in Yerevan (Armenia), landslides in Peru and violence in Kampala. Uganda's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAngola 82 in 100 of its 195 stories, usually 16
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 51 in 100 of its stories, usually 44
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Armenia

171 of its 375 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 120 of Yerevan's 161 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (83 stories). Cyclone was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories → Yerevan stories →
Disasters & accidents

Peru

586 of its 818 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Lima accounted for 458 of Peru's 586 stories about harm, carried by 342 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (75 stories). Landslides were named in 381 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Conflict & violence

Uganda

216 of its 379 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kampala accounted for 185 of Uganda's 216 stories about harm, carried by 158 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (148 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Angola

159 of its 195 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Luanda accounted for 152 of Angola's 159 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. 148 of Luanda's 152 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

230 of its 453 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 120 of Tehran's 153 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (123 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

902 of its 970 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Hodeida accounted for 702 of Yemen's 902 stories about harm, carried by 382 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (377 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

349 of its 576 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

221 of its 267 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (127 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

104 of its 335 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 80 of Lantau's 86 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (16 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Italy (126 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Greece (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Guinea (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); landslides in Burundi (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Haiti (16 of its stories, about 4 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 17 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 52,976 stories about harm among 258,053 counted on 17 Mar.

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In Peru's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 258,053 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Armenia. In Armenia, 46% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. On 17 March 2016, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen93 in 100 of its 970 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan83 in 100 of its 267 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Angola82 in 100 of its 195 stories · usually 16 · mostly rights & justice Syria77 in 100 of its 1,598 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Peru72 in 100 of its 818 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria346 stories about protests or strikes, of its 758 New York US334 stories about protests or strikes, of its 861 Washington US264 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3008 Jerusalem Israel190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 550 Hodeida Yemen171 stories about protests or strikes, of its 702

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: 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'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'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'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: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as warm as 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 fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as 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'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGrenada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Caledonia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sComoros: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNauru: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Uganda about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 216 stories about harm ● Denmark about twice as fearful as the world's · 59 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 299 stories about harm ● Singapore about twice as fearful as the world's · 144 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 902 stories about harm ● Armenia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 171 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 15,610 stories · about as usual Health20% 10,427 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 10,007 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 7,888 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,706 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,042 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,857 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,132 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 killed15,269 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,771 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,764 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,931 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,802 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting abductions725 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced439 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and South Sudan Stories reporting evacuations321 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people falling ill47 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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