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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

how these are picked →
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.

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 lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: 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: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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 readTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: 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 lessSpain: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: 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 readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessPalestine: 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 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 lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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 lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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 lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMadagascar: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsBorrego Springs, US -- disasters & accidents: 144 stories, carried by 161 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsEnschede, Netherlands -- health: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsLake Frederick, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsVaranasi, India -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsMunich, Germany -- health: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsNombre de Dios, Panama -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 19 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Dubai United Arab Emirates about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Borrego Springs US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 144 stories ● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Enschede Netherlands about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Lake Frederick US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories

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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