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56,768 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 Baghdad, protests in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) and refugees in North Korea drew the news. Iraq's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNicaragua 77 in 100 of its 103 stories, usually 33
RegionOceania 27 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

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

829 of its 1,045 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Baghdad accounted for 434 of Iraq's 829 stories about harm, carried by 303 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (255 stories). Building collapse was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Cambodia

140 of its 274 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 42 of Phnom Penh's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Phnom Penh stories →
Rights & justice

North Korea

243 of its 524 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Australia

2,889 of its 10,369 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (305 stories). Storms were named in 257 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts, tsunami and tropical storm.

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

Nicaragua

79 of its 103 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 3 of Managua's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (67 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Mexico

805 of its 2,178 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 159 of Morelia's 159 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Rights & justice

South Korea

808 of its 2,187 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Seoul accounted for 710 of South Korea's 808 stories about harm, carried by 431 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (134 stories).

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Protests & strikes

United Arab Emirates

104 of its 585 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 48 of Dubai's 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Earthquake was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Israel

Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (90 stories). Flu was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Singapore

Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Dengue was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Venezuela (116 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in United Arab Emirates (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in Nigeria (126 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in India (214 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Malaysia (43 of its stories, more than ten 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 30 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 56,768 stories about harm among 273,476 counted on 30 Mar.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. 21 in every 100 of the day's 273,476 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Venezuela's news, mentions of landslides ran about 6 times their usual. Iraq stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 70%. A year earlier, on 30 March 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo85 in 100 of its 223 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq79 in 100 of its 1,045 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua77 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice Mali75 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Syria73 in 100 of its 1,045 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US649 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2662 Seoul South Korea291 stories about protests or strikes, of its 710 Kremlin Russia213 stories about protests or strikes, of its 622 Jerusalem Israel211 stories about protests or strikes, of its 586 Delhi India178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 524

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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 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 lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 lessQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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: 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: 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 lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: too little coverage to readHeard & McDonald Islands: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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 readEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about twice its own usualVietnam: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about twice its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPeru: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about twice its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualSanaa, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 46 stories, carried by 73 outletsEuphrates, Syria -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsBuncrana, Ireland -- health: 11 stories, carried by 15 outletsIdaho, US -- health: 28 stories, carried by 36 outletsHanoi, Vietnam -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 17 outletsDistrict of Columbia, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 37 stories, carried by 41 outletsGosforth, UK -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 31 outletsMiddle Ridge, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 23 stories, carried by 23 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

● Ukraine warmth about twice usual ● Yemen warmth about twice usual ● Ethiopia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Peru warmth about one and a half times usual ● Romania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Congo warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Sanaa Yemen about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 46 stories ● Euphrates Syria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Buncrana Ireland about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Idaho US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories ● Hanoi Vietnam about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 17,388 stories · about as usual Health19% 10,619 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 8,800 stories · much less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents15% 8,488 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given9% 5,190 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services4% 2,032 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,982 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 989 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 killed16,810 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,920 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,247 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,643 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced678 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions602 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations593 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill317 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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