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27,035 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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Protests in Minsk (Belarus), deaths in Mkuranga and evacuations in France drew the news. Tanzania's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBelarus 92 in 100 of its 191 stories, usually 12
RegionEurope 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

175 of its 191 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Minsk accounted for 172 of Belarus' 175 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. 89 of Minsk's 172 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (166 stories).

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Tanzania

113 of its 146 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Mkuranga accounted for 108 of Tanzania's 113 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Tanzania over 30 days → its stories → Mkuranga stories →
Conflict & violence

France

750 of its 1,320 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories). Food poisoning was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plague. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Portugal

60 of its 123 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (21 stories). Wildfires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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

Libya

122 of its 134 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Ubari accounted for 92 of Libya's 122 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

533 of its 787 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Cairo accounted for 394 of Egypt's 533 stories about harm, carried by 288 outlets. 269 of Cairo's 394 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (139 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

348 of its 385 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Mogadishu accounted for 335 of Somalia's 348 stories about harm, carried by 307 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (272 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Ghouta accounted for 315 of Syria's 448 stories about harm, carried by 262 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (16 stories). Hepatitis was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Spain

555 of its 1,061 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 213 of Barcelona's 291 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (480 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ecuador

31 of its 41 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (31 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Zimbabwe (45 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); ebola in Angola (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Guyana (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Côte d’Ivoire (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 27,035 stories about harm among 107,265 counted on 25 Mar.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 1 January 2018. 25 in every 100 of the day's 107,265 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. In Belarus, 92% of the news was about people being harmed, where 12% is usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 8 times their usual in Indonesia's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Belarus92 in 100 of its 191 stories · usually 12 · mostly rights & justice Yemen91 in 100 of its 263 stories · usually 68 · mostly health Libya91 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia90 in 100 of its 385 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq82 in 100 of its 297 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1835 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2805 Florida US306 stories about protests or strikes, of its 574 Cairo Egypt269 stories about protests or strikes, of its 394 Barcelona Spain213 stories about protests or strikes, of its 291 Carcassonne France183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 403

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'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'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'sHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: 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'sChina: 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: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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'sCrimea: 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: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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 readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage about twice as fearful as 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 grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelarus: 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'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful 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

● Iran about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 156 stories about harm ● Tanzania about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 113 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 316 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 348 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 240 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 8,028 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence28% 7,378 stories · much more than usual (usually 22%) Health15% 3,871 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents14% 3,724 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,969 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 731 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 436 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 409 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 killed11,910 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting arrests3,354 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,313 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Somalia Stories reporting people affected3,070 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions702 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and France Stories reporting evacuations427 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Russia Stories reporting people displaced234 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees199 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Australia and the UK

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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