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34,851 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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Most of the day's attention went to illness in Tunis, protests in Athens (Greece) and deaths in Cayman. Tunisia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostCayman Islands 70 in 100 of its 71 stories, usually 11
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 47 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

Tunisia

76 of its 89 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tunis accounted for 69 of Tunisia's 76 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Protests & strikes

Greece

106 of its 317 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 26 of Athens' 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Rights & justice

Malaysia

391 of its 977 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (259 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Uganda

55 of its 160 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Plague was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Shelter & services

Venezuela

565 of its 884 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Caracas accounted for 408 of Venezuela's 565 stories about harm, carried by 421 outlets. Hurricane was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with power cuts and road crashes.

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Health

Mali

59 of its 76 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Norovirus was named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

160 of its 209 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

32 of its 53 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Cyclone was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm.

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

66 of its 85 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Managua accounted for 60 of Nicaragua's 66 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. 35 of Managua's 60 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: norovirus in Mali (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Japan (123 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Brazil (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Mozambique (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Switzerland (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 34,851 stories about harm among 179,218 counted on 11 Mar.

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Mali's news mentioned norovirus more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 179,218 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 11 March 2018, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Tunisia's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 48%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tunisia85 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 48 · mostly health Ethiopia83 in 100 of its 4,677 stories · usually 55 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Syria81 in 100 of its 585 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua78 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Mali78 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 49 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US294 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1170 Addis Ababa Ethiopia184 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1805 Caracas Venezuela105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 408 Beijing China78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 436 Tehran Iran70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: 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 lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: 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 lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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 readChina: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: 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 readVanuatu: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCayman Islands: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSlovakia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEstonia: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBorrego Springs, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsNevada, US -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsTaipei, Taiwan -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 12 outletsLondonderry, UK -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 44 outletsGreat Barrier Reef, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsBridport, UK -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 12 outletsHigh Tatra, Slovakia -- disasters & accidents: 20 stories, carried by 20 outletsKwara, Nigeria -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 15 stories, carried by 11 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

● Puerto Rico warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Borrego Springs US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Nevada US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Taipei Taiwan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories ● Londonderry UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Great Barrier Reef Australia 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 & justice26% 9,052 stories · much less than usual (usually 32%) Health20% 6,912 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 6,081 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 4,897 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given13% 4,315 stories · much more than usual (usually 5%) Shelter & services4% 1,358 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,077 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 574 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 killed13,636 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ethiopia and the US Stories reporting arrests4,106 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,276 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,431 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting refugees385 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced362 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iraq and Syria Stories reporting abductions292 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations205 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Spain Stories reporting people falling ill45 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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.