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26,791 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 Lantau (Hong Kong), flooding in Peru and violence in Paris. France's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPeru 82 in 100 of its 278 stories, usually 40
RegionCentral Asia 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

93 of its 220 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Lantau accounted for 89 of Hong Kong's 93 stories about harm, carried by 2 outlets. 88 of Lantau's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Lantau stories →
Disasters & accidents

Peru

229 of its 278 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Lima accounted for 162 of Peru's 229 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (124 stories). Flooding was named in 179 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with dengue, storms and drought.

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

France

1,292 of its 2,446 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Paris accounted for 1,223 of France's 1,292 stories about harm, carried by 924 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Displacement

Japan

157 of its 764 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Bangladesh

348 of its 586 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (202 stories). Outbreaks were named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Cambodia

62 of its 106 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (57 stories). Hunger was named in 51 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

597 of its 717 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Damascus accounted for 410 of Syria's 597 stories about harm, carried by 314 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Italy

294 of its 692 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (213 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Sweden

125 of its 273 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Lycksele accounted for 105 of Sweden's 125 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (105 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Argentina

44 of its 102 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 10 of Buenos Aires' 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Cambodia (51 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Solomon Islands (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in South Africa (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Saudi Arabia (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Mali (12 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 19 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 26,791 stories about harm among 123,588 counted on 19 Mar.

Read the day's briefing

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 123,588 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Hong Kong stood out: 42% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 15%. Mentions of flooding ran about 5 times their usual in Peru's news. On 19 March 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 22 today. This week the news turned most often to Peru, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen84 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Syria83 in 100 of its 717 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Peru82 in 100 of its 278 stories · usually 40 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan77 in 100 of its 491 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq71 in 100 of its 629 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 326 Haryana India154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 171 Washington US152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1031 Paris France127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1223 Jerusalem Israel96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 288

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'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'sSouth 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 readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: 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'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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUS: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: 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

● Mali few stories about twice as warm as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 597 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 377 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 348 stories about harm ● France about twice as angry as the world's · 1,292 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 7,662 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence26% 6,725 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Health16% 4,218 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents13% 3,523 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,044 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Displacement3% 842 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 826 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 384 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 killed9,531 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting arrests3,597 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,328 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,223 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees713 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions484 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting evacuations265 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced179 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Taiwan

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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