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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.

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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

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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 →
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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 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: too little coverage to readNew 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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 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 readKazakhstan: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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: 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: 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 lessEthiopia: 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 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLiberia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualMingora, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 363 stories, carried by 355 outletsBoise, US -- rights & justice: 32 stories, carried by 13 outletsBeaver Dam, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 19 stories, carried by 29 outletsFreetown, Sierra Leone -- health: 206 stories, carried by 179 outletsSwat, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 152 stories, carried by 199 outletsManchester, UK -- disasters & accidents: 51 stories, carried by 59 outletsAnka, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsAfrin, Syria -- conflict & violence: 47 stories, carried by 165 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

● Pakistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Liberia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sierra Leone warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mingora Pakistan about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 363 stories ● Boise US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 32 stories ● Beaver Dam US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 19 stories ● Freetown Sierra Leone about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 206 stories ● Swat Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 152 stories

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?

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