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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

how these are picked →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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 lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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 lessUnited Arab Emirates: 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 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 lessTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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 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 lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: 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 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 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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 readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: 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: 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about twice its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGabon: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBucharest, Romania -- rights & justice: 68 stories, carried by 71 outletsJaitapur, India -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 20 outletsTaj Mahal, India -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsOlympia, US -- rights & justice: 93 stories, carried by 25 outletsVeneto, Italy -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 13 outletsScottsbluff, US -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 28 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 147 stories, carried by 172 outletsBalochistan, Pakistan -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 11 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

● Romania warmth about twice usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mexico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iran warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bucharest Romania about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 68 stories ● Jaitapur India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories ● Taj Mahal India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Olympia US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 93 stories ● Veneto Italy about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories

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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