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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.

its stories →
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).

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →

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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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 lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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 readPeru: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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 lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: too little coverage to readLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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 lessJapan: 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 lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: too little coverage to readGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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 lessSt 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 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: 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 lessBurkina Faso: 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 lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: 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 readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualEvanston, US -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 22 outletsJiddah, Saudi Arabia -- rights & justice: 58 stories, carried by 72 outletsTehran, Iran -- conflict & violence: 100 stories, carried by 89 outletsRupperswil, Switzerland -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 12 stories, carried by 21 outletsNampa, US -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 15 outletsRimon, Israel -- rights & justice: 128 stories, carried by 27 outletsAccra, Ghana -- disasters & accidents: 28 stories, carried by 11 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- disasters & accidents: 26 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

● Iran warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual ● Switzerland warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Evanston US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories ● Jiddah Saudi Arabia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 58 stories ● Tehran Iran about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 100 stories ● Rupperswil Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 12 stories ● Nampa US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 25 stories

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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