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30,571 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 protests in Tegucigalpa (Honduras), violence in Ouagadougou and rights and justice in Bratislava. Burkina Faso's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBahrain 77 in 100 of its 213 stories, usually 20
RegionEurope 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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 →
Protests & strikes

Honduras

175 of its 191 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 71 of Tegucigalpa's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tegucigalpa stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

521 of its 549 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Ouagadougou accounted for 503 of Burkina Faso's 521 stories about harm, carried by 462 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Ouagadougou stories →
Rights & justice

Slovakia

280 of its 406 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Bratislava accounted for 256 of Slovakia's 280 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (255 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Slovakia over 30 days → its stories → Bratislava stories →
Shelter & services

Iceland

81 of its 115 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (75 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Ukraine

194 of its 450 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Kiev accounted for 169 of Ukraine's 194 stories about harm, carried by 241 outlets. 160 of Kiev's 169 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (155 stories).

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Protests & strikes

France

468 of its 1,298 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 92 of Paris' 172 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

519 of its 1,092 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jerusalem accounted for 397 of Israel's 519 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. 279 of Jerusalem's 397 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (248 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

119 of its 149 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Sanaa accounted for 102 of Yemen's 119 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bahrain

163 of its 213 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (131 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Guatemala

57 of its 72 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 3 of Chiche's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Guyana (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (68 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); outbreaks in Australia (108 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in Cuba (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Italy (13 of its stories, about three times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 30,571 stories about harm among 126,852 counted on 3 Mar.

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In Guyana's news, mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 126,852 stories, above the usual 21. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. In Honduras, 92% of the news was about people being harmed, where 43% is usual. A year earlier, on 3 March 2017, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso95 in 100 of its 549 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Honduras92 in 100 of its 191 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Mali88 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen80 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 801 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US341 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1271 Jerusalem Israel279 stories about protests or strikes, of its 397 Iditarod US243 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 Kiev Ukraine160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 169 Afrin Syria127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254

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 lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 lessUkraine: too little coverage to readUganda: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: 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 lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 lessJamaica: 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 lessIndia: 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 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 lessGuinea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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 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: 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: 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 lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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 lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: 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: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: too little coverage to readEast 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCongo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBosnia: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about twice its own usualAustria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualJersey: warmth about its own usualBarqa, Libya -- displacement: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsAberdeenshire, UK -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 94 outletsAmsterdam, Netherlands -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 28 outletsReykjanes, Iceland -- rights & justice: 32 stories, carried by 45 outletsManama, Bahrain -- conflict & violence: 45 stories, carried by 23 outletsMopti, Mali -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 25 outletsWichita, US -- rights & justice: 72 stories, carried by 81 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

● Bahrain warmth about twice usual ● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Congo warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual ● Austria warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Barqa Libya about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 13 stories ● Brussels Belgium about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Aberdeenshire UK about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories ● Amsterdam Netherlands about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 16 stories ● Reykjanes Iceland about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 32 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 8,718 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 6,643 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence19% 5,667 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Health15% 4,655 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,013 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,607 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Displacement2% 463 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 368 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 killed12,571 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Burkina Faso Stories reporting arrests4,400 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Slovakia Stories reporting people affected3,442 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,891 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations621 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions446 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees234 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced158 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill46 at about the usual rate

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
● Feara little less 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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