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What the world's news said happened to people.
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29,697 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 Bucharest (Romania), illness in Nairobi and rights and justice in Kandy. Romania's coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were softer than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia → Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and India → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 4 times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostIraq 80 in 100 of its 236 stories, usually 54
RegionNorth America 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Romania

79 of its 206 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 54 of Bucharest's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Plague was named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Health

Kenya

337 of its 708 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Nairobi accounted for 264 of Kenya's 337 stories about harm, carried by 305 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). HIV was named in 146 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

200 of its 389 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kandy accounted for 118 of Sri Lanka's 200 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (111 stories). Road crashes were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Kandy stories →
Conflict & violence

Gabon

12 of its 16 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

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

Bangladesh

315 of its 561 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Dhaka accounted for 220 of Bangladesh's 315 stories about harm, carried by 178 outlets. 196 of Dhaka's 220 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (207 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

246 of its 483 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 201 of Iran's 246 stories about harm, carried by 182 outlets. 155 of Tehran's 201 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (23 stories). Landslides were named in 107 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Iraq

188 of its 236 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

528 of its 917 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jerusalem accounted for 433 of Israel's 528 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. 290 of Jerusalem's 433 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Rights & justice

Philippines

376 of its 980 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Drought was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with cholera.

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Health

Puerto Rico

45 of its 72 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Flu was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Iran (107 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Puerto Rico (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (32 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); accidents in Zimbabwe (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Russia (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 29,697 stories about harm among 128,605 counted on 10 Mar.

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Abductions were reported at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia. 23 in every 100 of the day's 128,605 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 4 times the usual rate. Romania stood out: 38% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 12%. Mentions of the plague ran more than ten times their usual in Romania's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq80 in 100 of its 236 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Myanmar80 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Puerto Rico62 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 47 · mostly health Syria62 in 100 of its 996 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Israel58 in 100 of its 917 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Broward County US423 stories about protests or strikes, of its 826 Jerusalem Israel290 stories about protests or strikes, of its 433 Nablus Palestine260 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267 Dhaka Bangladesh196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 220 Washington US185 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1231

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Venezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta 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'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: 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 a little warmer than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer 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'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 275 stories about harm ● Romania about twice as warm as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 622 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 192 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 315 stories about harm ● Egypt about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 128 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence28% 8,276 stories · much more than usual (usually 22%) Rights & justice28% 8,224 stories · about as usual Health19% 5,528 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 3,259 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,722 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,042 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 669 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 524 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 killed10,530 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,601 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,346 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions2,365 at about 6 times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people injured2,093 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations926 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees401 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced116 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about half 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 softer than 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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