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21,227 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 Beijing (China), deaths in Addis Ababa and violence in Arakan. Myanmar's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostColombia 83 in 100 of its 151 stories, usually 34
RegionCentral Asia 51 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
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

China

404 of its 1,769 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 215 of Beijing's 256 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (194 stories). Train derailment was named in 32 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.

China over 30 days → its stories → Beijing stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Ethiopia

2,000 of its 2,788 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Addis Ababa accounted for 1,185 of Ethiopia's 2,000 stories about harm, carried by 1,081 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (1,956 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Addis Ababa stories →
Conflict & violence

Myanmar

49 of its 54 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Arakan accounted for 42 of Myanmar's 49 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Arakan stories →
Health

Madagascar

33 of its 34 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Plague was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with respiratory illness. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Kazakhstan

41 of its 60 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Almaty accounted for 35 of Kazakhstan's 41 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. 32 of Almaty's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

387 of its 602 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Caracas accounted for 321 of Venezuela's 387 stories about harm, carried by 277 outlets. 191 of Caracas' 321 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

93 of its 116 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Khartoum accounted for 73 of Sudan's 93 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. 56 of Khartoum's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (58 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Colombia

126 of its 151 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (124 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Malawi

64 of its 97 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 6 of Lilongwe's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

161 of its 187 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Tunisia (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Sweden (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Congo (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in New Zealand (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in US (636 of its stories, about three times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 21,227 stories about harm among 102,846 counted on 10 Mar.

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In Madagascar's news, mentions of the plague ran about 8 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 102,846 stories, as usual. China's news was 23% about people being harmed, against a usual 12%. On 10 March 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Venezuela, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar91 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen86 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda85 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 34 · mostly shelter & services Colombia83 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria82 in 100 of its 544 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 256 Chicago US202 stories about protests or strikes, of its 519 Caracas Venezuela191 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321 Moscow Russia114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Boston US113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readUkraine: too little coverage to readUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readEswatini: 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 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 lessSomalia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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 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 lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 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: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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 lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR 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: too little coverage to readChile: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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 readIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about twice its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about twice its own usualPalestine: warmth about twice its own usualPalestine: warmth about twice its own usualUpper Big Branch, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 33 stories, carried by 37 outletsAlabama, US -- disasters & accidents: 119 stories, carried by 121 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 19 outletsPerth, Australia -- health: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsMunich, Germany -- health: 18 stories, carried by 18 outletsHodeida, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 36 stories, carried by 37 outletsTripoli, Libya -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsJaipur, India -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 10 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

● Palestine warmth about twice usual ● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Upper Big Branch US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 33 stories ● Alabama US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 119 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 30 stories ● Perth Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Munich Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 5,206 stories · much less than usual (usually 32%) Disasters & accidents22% 4,531 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence18% 3,740 stories · about as usual Health16% 3,455 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given11% 2,408 stories · much more than usual (usually 5%) Shelter & services4% 809 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 464 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 328 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 killed7,698 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ethiopia and the US Stories reporting arrests2,545 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,052 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,646 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees264 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced255 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Palestine Stories reporting abductions155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations80 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the Bahamas

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.

● 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.