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56,586 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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Violence in Brussels, protests in Guatemala City (Guatemala) and the earthquake in Indonesia drew the news. Belgium's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Egypt → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBelgium 56 in 100 of its 1,203 stories, usually 26
RegionEurope 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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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Conflict & violence

Belgium

669 of its 1,203 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Brussels accounted for 633 of Belgium's 669 stories about harm, carried by 549 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (454 stories). Road crashes were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories → Brussels stories →
Protests & strikes

Guatemala

186 of its 219 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Guatemala City accounted for 159 of Guatemala's 186 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. 159 of Guatemala City's 159 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → Guatemala City stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

360 of its 811 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 270 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami and wildfires. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Syria

1,424 of its 1,697 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Raqqa accounted for 890 of Syria's 1,424 stories about harm, carried by 526 outlets. 548 of Raqqa's 890 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (329 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Libya

194 of its 265 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Tripoli accounted for 97 of Libya's 194 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. 58 of Tripoli's 97 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

UK

7,094 of its 19,565 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (3,294 stories). Road crashes were named in 841 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Somalia

245 of its 312 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Mogadishu accounted for 105 of Somalia's 245 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Papua New Guinea

60 of its 115 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 9 of Manus Island's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Cyclone was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Norway

97 of its 325 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in Hungary (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Papua New Guinea (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Qatar (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in UK (841 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); respiratory illness in Uganda (19 of its stories, about 9 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 22 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 56,586 stories about harm among 261,918 counted on 22 Mar.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Egypt. of the day's 261,918 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. In Belgium, 56% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guatemala85 in 100 of its 219 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Syria84 in 100 of its 1,697 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia79 in 100 of its 312 stories · usually 67 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen75 in 100 of its 215 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Libya73 in 100 of its 265 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK593 stories about protests or strikes, of its 4997 Raqqa Syria548 stories about protests or strikes, of its 890 Washington US316 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1940 Fairbanks US196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 200 Guatemala City Guatemala159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 159

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 lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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 lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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 lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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 readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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 lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: 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 lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: too little coverage to readBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualWisconsin, US -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- disasters & accidents: 40 stories, carried by 35 outletsAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 15 outletsOregon, US -- rights & justice: 63 stories, carried by 65 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 76 stories, carried by 54 outletsSanaa, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 26 outletsDurban, South Africa -- health: 109 stories, carried by 99 outletsMadrid, Spain -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 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

● Ethiopia warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Malaysia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Wisconsin US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Juba South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 40 stories ● Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 63 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 76 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 15,738 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence23% 12,498 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Health18% 10,158 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 8,675 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 3,029 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 2,687 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,564 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,165 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 killed17,809 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,061 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,916 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting arrests6,785 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,499 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced899 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions686 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations514 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill431 at about 6 times 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little more 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.