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23,798 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 violence in Hanoi, protests in Damascus (Syria) and landslides in Israel. Vietnam's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 61 in 100 of its 363 stories, usually 29
RegionSoutheast Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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 →
Conflict & violence

Vietnam

204 of its 535 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Hanoi accounted for 162 of Vietnam's 204 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (59 stories). Plague was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Hanoi stories →
Protests & strikes

Syria

478 of its 545 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. 45 of Damascus' 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (185 stories). Poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Israel

711 of its 1,330 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Jerusalem accounted for 491 of Israel's 711 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (99 stories). Landslides were named in 163 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

136 of its 241 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (104 stories). Landslides were named in 74 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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

Afghanistan

211 of its 296 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Kabul accounted for 84 of Afghanistan's 211 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (52 stories). Heavy rain was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

167 of its 229 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Sinjar accounted for 83 of Iraq's 167 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. 63 of Sinjar's 83 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

116 of its 126 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Mogadishu accounted for 103 of Somalia's 116 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Algeria

109 of its 237 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Algiers accounted for 98 of Algeria's 109 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. 95 of Algiers' 98 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

220 of its 363 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Panama

26 of its 60 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: meningitis in Brazil (75 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Chile (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in North Korea (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Austria (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Afghanistan (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 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 2 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 23,798 stories about harm among 116,556 counted on 2 Mar.

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Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about three times the usual rate. 20 in every 100 of the day's 116,556 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Vietnam stood out: 38% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 16%. Mentions of landslides ran about 6 times their usual in Indonesia's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia92 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Syria88 in 100 of its 545 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq73 in 100 of its 229 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 296 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir64 in 100 of its 344 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Brooklyn US286 stories about protests or strikes, of its 296 Greenwood County US241 stories about protests or strikes, of its 247 Washington US227 stories about protests or strikes, of its 967 Oakland US185 stories about protests or strikes, of its 316 Charlottesville US155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readIsle 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 readTunisia: 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: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 readSenegal: 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 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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 lessMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: 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: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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): 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJackson County, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 22 outletsWalnut Creek, US -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsRome, Italy -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsPetersburg, Russia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 13 stories, carried by 89 outletsSeoul, South Korea -- disasters & accidents: 23 stories, carried by 23 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 12 outletsManchester, UK -- health: 57 stories, carried by 42 outletsPoonch, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 74 stories, carried by 42 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

● Brazil warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Venezuela warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Jackson County US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Walnut Creek US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Rome Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Petersburg Russia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 13 stories ● Seoul South Korea about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 23 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 7,597 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence20% 4,639 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Health19% 4,519 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 3,841 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,068 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 723 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 648 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 304 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 killed6,540 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,715 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,441 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,110 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the US Stories reporting abductions257 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting refugees231 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations196 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced191 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill137 at about three times 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 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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