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43,289 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 violence in Paris, protests in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) and people injured in Venezuela. Lebanon's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostLibya 78 in 100 of its 155 stories, usually 52
RegionCentral Asia 16 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

France

855 of its 2,121 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Paris accounted for 648 of France's 855 stories about harm, carried by 433 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Flu was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Protests & strikes

Uzbekistan

25 of its 61 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 11 of Tashkent's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Uzbekistan over 30 days → its stories → Tashkent stories →
Rights & justice

Venezuela

109 of its 197 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Snowstorms were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Lebanon

142 of its 292 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (115 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Libya

121 of its 155 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Ubari accounted for 79 of Libya's 121 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Myanmar

147 of its 215 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Naypyitaw accounted for 87 of Myanmar's 147 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

199 of its 347 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Oromo accounted for 154 of Ethiopia's 199 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. 117 of Oromo's 154 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Health

Liberia

88 of its 199 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Ebola was named in 65 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

Russia

1,221 of its 4,147 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Drownings were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

689 of its 824 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Ghouta accounted for 542 of Syria's 689 stories about harm, carried by 397 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Liberia (65 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in North Korea (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Greece (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Poland (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Nepal (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 43,289 stories about harm among 225,097 counted on 28 Mar.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 9 February 2018. 19 in every 100 of the day's 225,097 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. In France, 40% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual. A year earlier, on 28 March 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria84 in 100 of its 824 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Libya78 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia77 in 100 of its 250 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen75 in 100 of its 269 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar68 in 100 of its 215 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US335 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1251 Baton Rouge US281 stories about protests or strikes, of its 355 Jerusalem Israel257 stories about protests or strikes, of its 393 Paris France194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 648 Ghouta Syria141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 542

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: 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: too little coverage to readEswatini: 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 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 lessSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi 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 lessRwanda: 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 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: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: too little coverage to readNiger: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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 lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: too little coverage to readChina: 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 lessCambodia: 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 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMadagascar: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualTashkent, Uzbekistan -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsNaypyitaw, Myanmar -- conflict & violence: 87 stories, carried by 96 outletsFair Haven, US -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 41 outletsTowie, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsCoffs Harbour, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 16 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBrasilia, Brazil -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsWest Virginia, US -- health: 35 stories, carried by 30 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

● Myanmar warmth about one and a half times usual ● Uzbekistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Azerbaijan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Papua New Guinea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Tashkent Uzbekistan about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Naypyitaw Myanmar about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 87 stories ● Fair Haven US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 26 stories ● Towie UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Coffs Harbour Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 13,813 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Health22% 9,299 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence18% 7,520 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents13% 5,460 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 3,192 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,337 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,179 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 614 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 killed12,566 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests6,154 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,195 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured2,922 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees577 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions406 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced281 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations236 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US 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 softer than 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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