← 30 Mar Saturday 31 March 2018 · to 23:59 UTC 1 Apr →
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
26,242 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.

How to read these numbers →

The news turned to protests in Tirana (Albania), violence in Ramallah and illness in Freetown. Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIsrael 83 in 100 of its 2,654 stories, usually 41
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 61 in 100 of its stories, usually 43
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

Albania

108 of its 136 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tirana accounted for 77 of Albania's 108 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. 76 of Tirana's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (107 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

947 of its 1,276 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Ramallah accounted for 433 of Palestine's 947 stories about harm, carried by 9 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (526 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Israel

2,211 of its 2,654 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 384 of Jerusalem's 580 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (1,868 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

135 of its 180 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 51 of Valencia's 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Mongolia

22 of its 35 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 21 of Ulaanbaatar's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Liberia

35 of its 56 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Mauritania

20 of its 24 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 12 of Nouadhibou's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

129 of its 240 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Indonesia (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Papua New Guinea (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Fiji (24 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in Belgium (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Puerto Rico (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 22 the day before
25 in 10019 in 1002 Mar9 Mar16 Mar23 Mar31 Mar2 Mar: 23 in 1003 Mar: 24 in 1004 Mar: 22 in 1005 Mar: 19 in 1006 Mar: 21 in 1007 Mar: 20 in 1008 Mar: 20 in 1009 Mar: 20 in 10010 Mar: 23 in 10011 Mar: 23 in 10012 Mar: 23 in 10013 Mar: 22 in 10014 Mar: 22 in 10015 Mar: 21 in 10016 Mar: 22 in 10017 Mar: 22 in 10018 Mar: 23 in 10019 Mar: 22 in 10020 Mar: 22 in 10021 Mar: 22 in 10022 Mar: 21 in 10023 Mar: 20 in 10024 Mar: 25 in 10025 Mar: 25 in 10026 Mar: 20 in 10027 Mar: 19 in 10028 Mar: 19 in 10029 Mar: 20 in 10030 Mar: 22 in 10031 Mar: 23 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 26,242 stories about harm among 112,114 counted on 31 Mar.

Read the day's briefing

Indonesia's news mentioned oil spill more than ten times as often as usual. Albania's news was 79% about people being harmed, against a usual 48%. A year earlier, on 31 March 2017, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 112,114 stories, above the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi100 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Israel83 in 100 of its 2,654 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Libya82 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Albania79 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Yemen75 in 100 of its 239 stories · usually 69 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel384 stories about protests or strikes, of its 580 Gaza Palestine288 stories about protests or strikes, of its 402 Washington US236 stories about protests or strikes, of its 961 Tel Aviv Israel210 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 Mingora Pakistan115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 363

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: 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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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'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'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMongolia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGabon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAnguilla: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 185 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 872 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Liberia few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Sierra Leone about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 228 stories about harm ● Mongolia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 22 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 8,024 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence27% 6,918 stories · much more than usual (usually 21%) Health19% 4,790 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 2,953 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,538 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 872 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 419 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 302 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 killed9,901 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,395 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting arrests2,952 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,713 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees538 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting abductions355 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations180 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Indonesia Stories reporting people displaced162 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about half the usual rate · most about Australia 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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?

The weekly briefing · 18 Oct – 24 Oct

The week in human impact

Read the week →

Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.

Create a free account

Sign in · a username, an email and a password.

How to read these numbers →

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