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30,544 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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Protests in Tehran (Iran), illness in Pibor and drownings in Egypt drew the news. South Sudan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostBelarus 89 in 100 of its 167 stories, usually 42
RegionSouth Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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

Iran

516 of its 799 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tehran accounted for 336 of Iran's 516 stories about harm, carried by 382 outlets. 203 of Tehran's 336 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (188 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Health

South Sudan

195 of its 207 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Pibor accounted for 153 of South Sudan's 195 stories about harm, carried by 181 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (172 stories). Cholera was named in 102 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Pibor stories →
Disasters & accidents

Egypt

267 of its 464 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (98 stories). Drownings were named in 59 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

UK

2,324 of its 6,967 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (674 stories). Gas explosion was named in 92 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with snowstorms, earthquake and building collapse. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 206 of Yemen's 265 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. 115 of Sanaa's 206 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (154 stories). Hunger was named in 181 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

149 of its 167 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Minsk accounted for 114 of Belarus' 149 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. 113 of Minsk's 114 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (127 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Bulgaria

221 of its 744 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 202 of Sofia's 214 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (207 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

553 of its 681 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (465 stories). Earthquake was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

China

475 of its 2,194 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 119 of Beijing's 174 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Gas explosion was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

783 of its 952 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Raqqa accounted for 597 of Syria's 783 stories about harm, carried by 300 outlets. 378 of Raqqa's 597 stories were about protests or strikes. Flooding was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Yemen (181 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Somalia (131 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (343 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Vietnam (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Tanzania (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 30,544 stories about harm among 118,984 counted on 26 Mar.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 29 January 2017. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 26 in every 100 of the day's 118,984 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. This week the news turned most often to South Sudan, on 3 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 →

South Sudan94 in 100 of its 207 stories · usually 64 · mostly health Belarus89 in 100 of its 167 stories · usually 42 · mostly rights & justice Syria82 in 100 of its 952 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen82 in 100 of its 324 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq81 in 100 of its 681 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia677 stories about protests or strikes, of its 729 Raqqa Syria378 stories about protests or strikes, of its 597 Tehran Iran203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 336 Sofia Bulgaria202 stories about protests or strikes, of its 214 Hollywood US153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 649

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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 readSri 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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'sNigeria: 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 readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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'sMadagascar: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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 readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta 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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBenin: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 readEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than 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 grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● South Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 195 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 547 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 265 stories about harm ● Côte d’Ivoire few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 751 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 176 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence32% 9,479 stories · much more than usual (usually 21%) Rights & justice30% 9,085 stories · about as usual Health14% 4,106 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents13% 3,889 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,725 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 785 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 592 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 335 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 killed10,072 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured5,169 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests4,286 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected3,344 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions565 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting refugees392 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people displaced373 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Yemen and the US Stories reporting evacuations164 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Australia and Bangladesh Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China

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.

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