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53,853 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 Caracas (Venezuela), illness in Tetovo and violence in Srebrenica. Bosnia's coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorth Macedonia 74 in 100 of its 132 stories, usually 17
RegionEast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

563 of its 988 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Caracas accounted for 478 of Venezuela's 563 stories about harm, carried by 315 outlets. 443 of Caracas' 478 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (362 stories). Landslides were named in 369 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Health

North Macedonia

98 of its 132 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Tetovo accounted for 98 of North Macedonia's 98 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (26 stories). Food poisoning was named in 96 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning.

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories → Tetovo stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

67 of its 76 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Srebrenica accounted for 63 of Bosnia's 67 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Palestine

241 of its 420 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Ramallah accounted for 204 of Palestine's 241 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. 114 of Ramallah's 204 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (91 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Indonesia

302 of its 810 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 210 of Jakarta's 231 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (69 stories). Flooding was named in 96 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

208 of its 272 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Meningitis was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

162 of Raqqa's 256 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

South Korea

1,046 of its 1,966 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 368 of Seoul's 699 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (209 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

1,153 of its 2,084 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (655 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: poisoning in North Korea (170 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Fiji (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Indonesia (96 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (84 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in Japan (140 of its stories, about 7 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 31 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 53,853 stories about harm among 256,290 counted on 31 Mar.

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Mentions of food poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in North Macedonia's news. of the day's 256,290 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Venezuela stood out: 57% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 40%. A year earlier, on 31 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 →

Bosnia88 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan83 in 100 of its 190 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia76 in 100 of its 272 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq75 in 100 of its 752 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence North Macedonia74 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 17 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela443 stories about protests or strikes, of its 478 Seoul South Korea368 stories about protests or strikes, of its 699 Washington US306 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1798 Jakarta Indonesia210 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231 Moscow Russia188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 528

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 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 lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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 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: too little coverage to readSierra 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 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: 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 lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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 lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern 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 lessMali: 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 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 lessLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: 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: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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 lessChile: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 lessBahrain: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualDistrict of Columbia, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 25 stories, carried by 24 outletsHomburg, Germany -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsHonolulu, US -- rights & justice: 104 stories, carried by 122 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 97 stories, carried by 91 outletsPort Macquarie, Australia -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsBuenos Aires, Argentina -- health: 28 stories, carried by 20 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 13 outletsSaskatchewan, Canada -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 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

● Fiji warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Puerto Rico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Singapore warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ethiopia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● District of Columbia US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 25 stories ● Homburg Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories ● Honolulu US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 104 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 97 stories ● Port Macquarie Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 17,055 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 9,673 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Health18% 9,384 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 8,834 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,097 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,002 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,412 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,245 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 killed15,210 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,361 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,742 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,584 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees1,120 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced773 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iraq and Syria Stories reporting evacuations616 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting abductions615 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill40 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 harsher than 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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