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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

how these are picked →
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.

its stories →
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.

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: too little coverage to readSomalia: 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 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 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 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: too little coverage to readPapua 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 readNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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 lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: too little coverage to readGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: 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 lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech 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: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: 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: too little coverage to readBurundi: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readThailand: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChile: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMonaco: warmth about its own usualJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsWare Shoals, US -- rights & justice: 177 stories, carried by 103 outletsBogota, Colombia -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 17 outletsSaint James, US -- disasters & accidents: 91 stories, carried by 135 outletsAlexandria, Egypt -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 22 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsChhattisgarh, India -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 24 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- other: 44 stories, carried by 58 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 one and a half times usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Russia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Chile warmth about one and a half times usual ● Poland warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Ware Shoals US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 177 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories ● Saint James US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 91 stories ● Alexandria Egypt about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 26 stories

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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