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46,374 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 rights and justice in Budapest, violence in Ghouta and a disaster in Moscow. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNiger 97 in 100 of its 322 stories, usually 37
RegionCentral Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 11
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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Rights & justice

Hungary

148 of its 257 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Budapest accounted for 117 of Hungary's 148 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Flu was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Hungary over 30 days → its stories → Budapest stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

1,399 of its 1,679 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Ghouta accounted for 1,113 of Syria's 1,399 stories about harm, carried by 690 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (311 stories). Plane crash was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Ghouta stories →
Disasters & accidents

Russia

1,930 of its 4,764 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Moscow accounted for 1,635 of Russia's 1,930 stories about harm, carried by 1,021 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

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

Sri Lanka

422 of its 785 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Kandy accounted for 338 of Sri Lanka's 422 stories about harm, carried by 301 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

136 of its 154 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Ouagadougou accounted for 134 of Burkina Faso's 136 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

312 of its 322 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tongo Tongo accounted for 294 of Niger's 312 stories about harm, carried by 373 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (292 stories).

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

163 of its 200 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (138 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bolivia

85 of its 107 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. 45 of la Paz's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

161 of its 204 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Japan (165 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Trinidad & Tobago (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Colombia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in New Zealand (28 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 6 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 46,374 stories about harm among 225,226 counted on 6 Mar.

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In Hungary, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 15% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 225,226 stories, as usual. Mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual in Japan's news. A year earlier, on 6 March 2017, 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 →

Niger97 in 100 of its 322 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Burkina Faso88 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Syria83 in 100 of its 1,679 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan82 in 100 of its 200 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Bolivia79 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US363 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1936 Kandy Sri Lanka152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 338 Michigan State University US148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 211 Portland US148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 300 Ghouta Syria139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1113

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl 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 readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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 readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBolivia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMonaco: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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

● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,399 stories about harm ● Bolivia about twice as angry as the world's · 85 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso about twice as angry as the world's · 136 stories about harm ● Papua New Guinea about twice as fearful as the world's · 161 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 305 stories about harm ● Monaco few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 12 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 13,238 stories · about as usual Health20% 9,274 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 8,846 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 7,584 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,749 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,020 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 921 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 794 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 killed14,037 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,449 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,400 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,189 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced743 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and South Sudan Stories reporting abductions564 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees498 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations241 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people falling ill57 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
● Griefa little less than 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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