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42,586 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 protests in Mexico City (Mexico), the hunger in Somalia and a disaster in Ashgabat. Somalia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTurkmenistan 70 in 100 of its 105 stories, usually 4
RegionCentral Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
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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Protests & strikes

Mexico

322 of its 1,175 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 52 of Mexico City's 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (36 stories). Road crashes were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories → Mexico City stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

107 of its 135 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Mogadishu accounted for 75 of Somalia's 107 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (25 stories). Hunger was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Disasters & accidents

Turkmenistan

73 of its 105 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 4%. Ashgabat accounted for 63 of Turkmenistan's 73 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Turkmenistan over 30 days → its stories → Ashgabat stories →
Rights & justice

Liberia

48 of its 122 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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

France

1,808 of its 3,463 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (485 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Croatia

57 of its 83 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Zagreb accounted for 50 of Croatia's 57 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Snowstorms were named in 52 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

421 of its 883 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Ho Chi Minh City accounted for 302 of Vietnam's 421 stories about harm, carried by 263 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (364 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Ghouta accounted for 609 of Syria's 807 stories about harm, carried by 349 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (358 stories). Poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Spain

389 of its 1,178 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 156 of Madrid's 245 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (254 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

131 of its 165 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Croatia (52 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in Romania (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Uganda (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Malawi (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in South Africa (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 42,586 stories about harm among 208,633 counted on 23 Mar.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. of the day's 208,633 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. Croatia's news mentioned snowstorms about three times as often as usual. On 23 March 2017, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 20 today. In Mexico, 27% of the news was about people being harmed, where 19% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria84 in 100 of its 962 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen79 in 100 of its 165 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia79 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Mali76 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Turkmenistan70 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 4 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US484 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1949 Paris France386 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1052 Sacramento US236 stories about protests or strikes, of its 387 Boston US235 stories about protests or strikes, of its 472 Ghouta Syria219 stories about protests or strikes, of its 609

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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'sUnited States: 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'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão 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'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: 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'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTonga: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMoldova: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFinland: 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 grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer than 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

● Croatia about three times as fearful as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Liberia few stories about twice as warm as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 807 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 107 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Vietnam about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 421 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 10,954 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence24% 10,007 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Health19% 7,820 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 6,289 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 3,214 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,555 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 920 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 818 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 killed14,989 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,170 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,154 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting arrests4,828 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,198 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about France and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations1,002 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees441 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Uganda and the US Stories reporting people displaced331 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill73 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Russia and India

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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