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What the world's news said happened to people.
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29,352 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Paris (France), violence in Alexandria and rights and justice in Lisbon. France's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostCroatia 84 in 100 of its 214 stories, usually 23
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
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 →
Protests & strikes

France

1,360 of its 2,175 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 471 of Paris' 634 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (626 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

607 of its 885 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Alexandria accounted for 295 of Egypt's 607 stories about harm, carried by 259 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (269 stories). Flooding was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Alexandria stories →
Rights & justice

Portugal

135 of its 318 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Lisbon accounted for 119 of Portugal's 135 stories about harm, carried by 226 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (110 stories). Wildfires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories → Lisbon stories →
Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

96 of its 112 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Rabaul accounted for 50 of Papua New Guinea's 96 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Tsunami was named in 83 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with volcanic eruption. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Papua New Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Rabaul stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Displacement

Congo

34 of its 45 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Hunger was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

652 of its 759 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Ghouta accounted for 430 of Syria's 652 stories about harm, carried by 406 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Croatia

180 of its 214 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Zagreb accounted for 169 of Croatia's 180 stories about harm, carried by 206 outlets. 167 of Zagreb's 169 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

42 of its 99 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 14 of Manama's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Libya

62 of its 83 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

534 of its 1,021 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 121 of Jerusalem's 184 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (233 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Congo (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Haiti (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Somalia (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in Ghana (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in South Africa (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).

25 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 24 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 29,352 stories about harm among 118,559 counted on 24 Mar.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 20 January 2018. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 118,559 stories, above the usual 22. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. In France, 63% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. Papua New Guinea's news mentioned the tsunami about three times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria86 in 100 of its 759 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea86 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 69 · mostly disasters & accidents Croatia84 in 100 of its 214 stories · usually 23 · mostly rights & justice Yemen78 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Libya75 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US2625 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3650 Paris France471 stories about protests or strikes, of its 634 Carcassonne France286 stories about protests or strikes, of its 465 Zagreb Croatia167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 169 Jerusalem Israel121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184

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 lessYemen: 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 lessSaudi Arabia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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 readPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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 lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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 lessNorth Macedonia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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 lessGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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 readFinland: too little coverage to readFiji: 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 lessEgypt: 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 readCzech 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: 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 lessCrimea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualMonrovia, Liberia -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 16 outletsTathra, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 21 stories, carried by 20 outletsRupperswil, Switzerland -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 20 stories, carried by 42 outletsWisconsin, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsSangar, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 58 stories, carried by 68 outletsMaiduguri, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- health: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsOklahoma, US -- disasters & accidents: 17 stories, carried by 12 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

● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Switzerland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Liberia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Denmark warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Monrovia Liberia about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Tathra Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 21 stories ● Rupperswil Switzerland about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 20 stories ● Wisconsin US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Sangar Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 58 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 9,469 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence26% 7,328 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Health16% 4,473 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents13% 3,874 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,934 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 776 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 532 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 345 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 killed11,517 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting arrests3,684 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,274 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,185 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting abductions647 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about France and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations357 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced213 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees178 at about half the usual rate · most about Palestine and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill43 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Haiti 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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