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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

usually 22; 19 the day before
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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.

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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 lessUkraine: 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: 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 readEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: 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: 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 lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 lessJordan: 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 lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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 lessHaiti: 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 lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 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: 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 lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 lessCroatia: 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 lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChad: 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: 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 lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: 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 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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 readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGuyana: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualMonaco: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKansas, US -- disasters & accidents: 40 stories, carried by 53 outletsFlemingsburg, US -- health: 22 stories, carried by 21 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 76 stories, carried by 60 outletsMunich, Germany -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsAmsterdam, Netherlands -- disasters & accidents: 31 stories, carried by 28 outletsYangon, Myanmar -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsSantiago, Chile -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 19 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 29 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

● Monaco warmth about one and a half times usual ● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kansas US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 40 stories ● Flemingsburg US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 76 stories ● Munich Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Amsterdam Netherlands about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 31 stories

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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