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53,152 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 news turned to violence in Baghdad, protests in Johannesburg (South Africa) and people killed in Mozambique. Iraq's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 68 in 100 of its 310 stories, usually 42
RegionOceania 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Conflict & violence

Iraq

1,047 of its 1,248 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Baghdad accounted for 439 of Iraq's 1,047 stories about harm, carried by 278 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (873 stories). Building collapse was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Protests & strikes

South Africa

832 of its 2,419 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 210 of Johannesburg's 289 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (319 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 73 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories → Johannesburg stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

49 of its 69 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Switzerland

192 of its 747 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Earthquake was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires and flooding.

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

South Sudan

160 of its 195 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Juba accounted for 64 of South Sudan's 160 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Polio was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

210 of its 310 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jammu accounted for 117 of Kashmir's 210 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

France

955 of its 3,203 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 465 of Paris' 801 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Raqqa accounted for 353 of Syria's 700 stories about harm, carried by 375 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 73 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hungary

231 of its 473 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 69 of Budapest's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (110 stories).

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Conflict & violence

DR Congo

33 of its 57 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Japan (105 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); rubella in Romania (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (98 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Sierra Leone (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Syria (73 of its stories, about 7 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 28 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 53,152 stories about harm among 263,921 counted on 28 Mar.

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20 in every 100 of the day's 263,921 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. On 28 March 2016, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq84 in 100 of its 1,248 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Congo83 in 100 of its 297 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan82 in 100 of its 195 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia82 in 100 of its 454 stories · usually 68 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria72 in 100 of its 974 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France465 stories about protests or strikes, of its 801 Washington US437 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2752 Moscow Russia228 stories about protests or strikes, of its 437 Johannesburg South Africa210 stories about protests or strikes, of its 289 Portland US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 229

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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 lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: too little coverage to readEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: 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 lessSouth Africa: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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 readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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 lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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: too little coverage to readNetherlands: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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 lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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 lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: 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 lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral 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 lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: 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 lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: too little coverage to readHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualMadagascar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuyana: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahawalpur, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 14 outletsDhahran, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 20 outletsRock Island, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsGreat Lakes, US -- shelter & services: 21 stories, carried by 26 outletsGuangzhou, China -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 31 outletsMonash, Australia -- health: 42 stories, carried by 42 outletsGeylang, Singapore -- rights & justice: 74 stories, carried by 15 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 ● Bahrain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● Madagascar warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belarus warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bahawalpur Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Dhahran Saudi Arabia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Rock Island US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 16 stories ● Bamako Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Great Lakes US about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 21 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 16,846 stories · about as usual Health19% 9,648 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 9,289 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents16% 8,250 stories · about as usual Shelter & services6% 3,086 stories · more than usual (usually 4%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,963 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,014 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 993 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 killed15,829 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests8,240 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,239 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,734 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,088 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions676 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations486 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced412 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill53 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 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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