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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

how these are picked →
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.

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 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: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: 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 lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão 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 lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: too little coverage to readNorth 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 readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: too little coverage to readLesotho: 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 lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: 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 lessGermany: 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 lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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 lessCuba: 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 lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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 lessChile: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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 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: 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 lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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 lessAfghanistan: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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 readYemen: warmth about twice its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSlovakia: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualSanaa, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 74 stories, carried by 76 outletsInkoo, Finland -- disasters & accidents: 63 stories, carried by 68 outletsOttawa, Canada -- conflict & violence: 152 stories, carried by 116 outletsBloomington, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsOslo, Norway -- conflict & violence: 56 stories, carried by 29 outletsLittle Rock, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 40 stories, carried by 37 outletsNaqoura, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 57 stories, carried by 72 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 37 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

● Yemen warmth about twice usual ● Lebanon warmth about one and a half times usual ● Norway warmth about one and a half times usual ● Taiwan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Sanaa Yemen about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 74 stories ● Inkoo Finland about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 63 stories ● Ottawa Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 152 stories ● Bloomington US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Oslo Norway about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 56 stories

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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