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What the world's news said happened to people.
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36,810 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 day's news pointed at protests in Algiers (Algeria), violence in Mogadishu and oil spill in the Solomon Islands. Somalia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMacao 81 in 100 of its 96 stories, usually 10
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
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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Protests & strikes

Algeria

145 of its 249 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Algiers accounted for 135 of Algeria's 145 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. 135 of Algiers' 135 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

528 of its 580 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Mogadishu accounted for 470 of Somalia's 528 stories about harm, carried by 314 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (378 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Health

Panama

26 of its 80 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Armenia

60 of its 199 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 42 of Yerevan's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

1,905 of its 3,517 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (223 stories). Avalanche was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

115 of its 142 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. 49 of Khartoum's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

71 of its 97 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Mopti accounted for 45 of Mali's 71 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Peru

119 of its 284 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Earthquake was named in 104 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

204 of its 310 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Snowstorms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Peru (104 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Nepal (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Philippines (71 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Chile (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Zimbabwe (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 36,810 stories about harm among 196,905 counted on 1 Mar.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 196,905 stories, as usual. Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Peru's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Algeria. Algeria stood out: 58% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 30%. Over February, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 in February 2018.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Solomon Islands96 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 44 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia91 in 100 of its 580 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Macao81 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 10 · mostly health Sudan81 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Syria76 in 100 of its 647 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US310 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1533 Jerusalem Israel181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 550 Islamabad Pakistan148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 662 Algiers Algeria135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135 Gaza Palestine126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 131

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: 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'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong 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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readWestern 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as 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

● Somalia about three times as angry as the world's · 528 stories about harm ● Mali about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● United Arab Emirates about three times as fearful as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Lebanon about three times as fearful as the world's · 95 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 204 stories about harm ● Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 115 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 11,225 stories · about as usual Health22% 8,049 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence19% 7,038 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 5,507 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,614 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,179 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 856 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 790 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 killed9,931 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,021 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,331 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,255 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees424 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations395 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions327 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced225 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill52 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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