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45,023 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 violence in Skopje, extreme cold in Romania and refugees in Congo. North Macedonia's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNorth Macedonia 70 in 100 of its 137 stories, usually 10
RegionOceania 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Conflict & violence

North Macedonia

96 of its 137 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Skopje accounted for 95 of North Macedonia's 96 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (95 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories → Skopje stories →
Disasters & accidents

Romania

190 of its 337 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Bucharest accounted for 162 of Romania's 190 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Extreme cold was named in 155 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.

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

Congo

133 of its 171 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Cholera was named in 107 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Tunisia

83 of its 111 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tunis accounted for 66 of Tunisia's 83 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Madagascar

63 of its 76 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Tropical storm was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Norway

95 of its 244 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

Uganda

178 of its 351 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kampala accounted for 136 of Uganda's 178 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. HIV was named in 108 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Latvia

16 of its 51 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 8 of Riga's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Netherlands

141 of its 593 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (84 stories). 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: tropical storm in Madagascar (54 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in Uganda (108 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in South Sudan (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Mexico (50 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); plane crash in Bangladesh (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 45,023 stories about harm among 204,975 counted on 19 Mar.

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North Macedonia stood out: 70% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 10%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 204,975 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Romania's news, mentions of extreme cold ran more than ten times their usual. On 19 March 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Madagascar83 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria79 in 100 of its 1,655 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Congo78 in 100 of its 171 stories · usually 56 · mostly health Tunisia75 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 29 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen71 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia317 stories about protests or strikes, of its 774 Washington US296 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1898 Afrin Syria295 stories about protests or strikes, of its 937 Nairobi Kenya174 stories about protests or strikes, of its 210 Siena College US174 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: 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 readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: 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: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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'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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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'sZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful 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 twice as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Caledonia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice 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'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'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

● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 1,310 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as warm as the world's · 106 stories about harm ● Netherlands about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● North Macedonia about twice as fearful as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as angry as the world's · 175 stories about harm ● Madagascar about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 63 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 10,867 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence22% 9,619 stories · about as usual Health21% 9,205 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents18% 8,123 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,796 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,443 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,329 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 864 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 killed16,065 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,338 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,929 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people affected4,773 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations849 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting refugees625 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced461 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions364 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill29 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Ghana

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
● 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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