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42,393 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 refugees in New Zealand, storm surge in Mozambique and protests in Nador (Morocco). New Zealand's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about New Zealand and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNew Zealand 69 in 100 of its 8,604 stories, usually 17
RegionOceania 55 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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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Conflict & violence

New Zealand

5,903 of its 8,604 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (570 stories). Plague was named in 163 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

New Zealand over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

187 of its 211 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Beira accounted for 140 of Mozambique's 187 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Storm surge was named in 45 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with malaria.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Beira stories →
Protests & strikes

Morocco

66 of its 119 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Nador accounted for 57 of Morocco's 66 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. 57 of Nador's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories).

Morocco over 30 days → its stories → Nador stories →
Rights & justice

Türkiye

357 of its 670 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Saudi Arabia

267 of its 422 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 47 of Riyadh's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (140 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

575 of its 865 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Gaza accounted for 292 of Palestine's 575 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. 190 of Gaza's 292 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,206 of its 2,017 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tel Aviv accounted for 1,015 of Israel's 1,206 stories about harm, carried by 775 outlets. Gas explosion was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Norway

126 of its 394 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Chile

73 of its 188 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Burundi

24 of its 31 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Mexico (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Jamaica (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (74 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Zimbabwe (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bridge collapse in India (130 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 42,393 stories about harm among 195,111 counted on 15 Mar.

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New Zealand's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. of the day's 195,111 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Mexico's news mentioned the hunger more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about New Zealand and the US. On 15 March 2018, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique89 in 100 of its 211 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria77 in 100 of its 633 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia77 in 100 of its 1,217 stories · usually 72 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Nicaragua70 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice New Zealand69 in 100 of its 8,604 stories · usually 17 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tel Aviv Israel414 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1015 Washington US283 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1204 Gaza Palestine190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 292 California US160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 344 Wellington New Zealand134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1195

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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'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 readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer 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'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMonaco: coverage a little warmer than 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

● Pakistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 456 stories about harm ● France about twice as fearful as the world's · 389 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 575 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 59 stories about harm ● New Zealand about twice as angry as the world's · 5,903 stories about harm ● Colombia few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 36 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 11,995 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Conflict & violence23% 9,659 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Health17% 6,960 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents17% 6,920 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 3,402 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services4% 1,515 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 821 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 612 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 killed16,880 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about New Zealand and the US Stories reporting arrests7,182 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about New Zealand and the US Stories reporting people injured5,735 at about twice the usual rate · most about New Zealand and the US Stories reporting people affected4,209 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees931 at about twice the usual rate · most about New Zealand and Palestine Stories reporting abductions431 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting people displaced338 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations335 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill72 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

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