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36,583 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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Protests in Lilongwe (Malawi), power cuts in Venezuela and arrests in the Netherlands drew the news. Indonesia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostVenezuela 65 in 100 of its 1,316 stories, usually 41
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Malawi

70 of its 153 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 6 of Lilongwe's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Heavy rain was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Malawi over 30 days → its stories → Lilongwe stories →
Shelter & services

Venezuela

856 of its 1,316 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Caracas accounted for 630 of Venezuela's 856 stories about harm, carried by 520 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (59 stories). Power cuts were named in 451 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Health

Netherlands

135 of its 456 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Meningitis was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Indonesia

179 of its 401 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (32 stories). Heavy rain was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Palestine

528 of its 917 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Gaza accounted for 244 of Palestine's 528 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. 126 of Gaza's 244 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Road crashes were named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

285 of its 417 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kabul accounted for 128 of Afghanistan's 285 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (114 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Israel

1,064 of its 2,095 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (79 stories). Plague was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Spain

225 of its 897 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 101 of Madrid's 107 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (83 stories).

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Health

Puerto Rico

30 of its 72 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Flu was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Vietnam

116 of its 389 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 27 of Hanoi's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (34 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: plague in Madagascar (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Puerto Rico (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Germany (41 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); ebola in Liberia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Palestine (57 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 36,583 stories about harm among 195,598 counted on 8 Mar.

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Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 19 in every 100 of the day's 195,598 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Malawi, 46% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. On 8 March 2018, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

El Salvador73 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 39 · mostly health Syria71 in 100 of its 435 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 417 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan65 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 70 · mostly rights & justice Venezuela65 in 100 of its 1,316 stories · usually 41 · mostly shelter & services

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US319 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1704 New Delhi India153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 345 Alexandria Egypt137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154 Istanbul Türkiye131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154 Gaza Palestine126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 244

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl 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: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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 readYemen: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sParaguay: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than 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'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: 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 angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● Lebanon about three times as fearful as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 941 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 60 stories about harm ● Indonesia about twice as angry as the world's · 179 stories about harm ● Greece about twice as fearful as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● South Sudan few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 35 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice36% 12,975 stories · more than usual (usually 32%) Health22% 7,791 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 5,283 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 4,921 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,675 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,652 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 867 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 849 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 killed9,275 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,168 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,253 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,009 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting refugees646 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting abductions384 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced201 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations158 at about half the usual rate · most about Palestine and Indonesia Stories reporting people falling ill94 at about the usual rate

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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