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42,578 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 Skopje (North Macedonia), evacuations in Russia and violence in Ghouta. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia →
Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNorth Macedonia 73 in 100 of its 114 stories, usually 13
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

North Macedonia

83 of its 114 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Skopje accounted for 75 of North Macedonia's 83 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. 72 of Skopje's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories → Skopje stories →
Disasters & accidents

Russia

1,548 of its 5,397 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (68 stories). Drownings were named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Russia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Ghouta accounted for 519 of Syria's 634 stories about harm, carried by 356 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Poisoning was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Ghouta stories →
Rights & justice

Ecuador

62 of its 91 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Quito accounted for 45 of Ecuador's 62 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories).

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Quito stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Palestine

529 of its 1,016 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Ramallah accounted for 298 of Palestine's 529 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. 149 of Ramallah's 298 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (275 stories).

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Venezuela

132 of its 299 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Caracas accounted for 104 of Venezuela's 132 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (110 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Spain

408 of its 1,358 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 148 of Madrid's 173 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (49 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Guyana

25 of its 58 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

84 of its 268 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Road crashes were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

France

761 of its 2,267 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (305 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Liberia (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Fiji (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); oil spill in Colombia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (43 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in Armenia (19 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

19 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 27 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 42,578 stories about harm among 219,260 counted on 27 Mar.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 14 February 2018. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 219,260 stories, below the usual 22. North Macedonia's news was 73% about people being harmed, against a usual 13%. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia. Liberia's news mentioned Ebola about three times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria83 in 100 of its 768 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence North Macedonia73 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 13 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen69 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Ecuador68 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice Congo64 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US484 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1434 Moscow Russia256 stories about protests or strikes, of its 956 Baton Rouge US247 stories about protests or strikes, of its 825 Mitrovica 227 stories about protests or strikes, of its 244 Paris France220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 506

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 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: 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 lessSomalia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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 lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 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 lessLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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 lessFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: 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 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSlovakia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualWhitehall, UK -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 56 outletsLe Boucher, France -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 17 outletsSopore, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsAmman, Jordan -- displacement: 17 stories, carried by 10 outletsIdaho, US -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 17 outletsFreetown, Sierra Leone -- health: 34 stories, carried by 38 outletsDanjuma, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 15 outletsColorado, US -- health: 24 stories, carried by 24 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

● Congo warmth about one and a half times usual ● Slovakia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Whitehall UK about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Le Boucher France about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Sopore Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Amman Jordan about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 17 stories ● Idaho US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 13,574 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Health23% 9,452 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence17% 7,198 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents14% 5,741 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,891 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,368 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 897 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 662 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 killed13,732 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,374 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,255 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting refugees543 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions501 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations349 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Russia Stories reporting people displaced322 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill111 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.