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28,017 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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Violence in Srebrenica, protests in Paris (France) and a disaster in Beira drew the news. Bosnia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about New Zealand and the US → Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Syria and Ethiopia →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNew Zealand 80 in 100 of its 5,226 stories, usually 29
RegionOceania 67 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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

Bosnia

80 of its 87 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Srebrenica accounted for 72 of Bosnia's 80 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (75 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Srebrenica stories →
Protests & strikes

France

645 of its 1,363 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Paris accounted for 556 of France's 645 stories about harm, carried by 531 outlets. 444 of Paris' 556 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (410 stories).

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

392 of its 1,186 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (144 stories). Building collapse was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

China

581 of its 1,833 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Flu was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with poisoning. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

490 of its 833 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Gaza accounted for 263 of Palestine's 490 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. 248 of Gaza's 263 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

New Zealand

4,156 of its 5,226 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (3,689 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

442 of its 628 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tel Aviv accounted for 366 of Israel's 442 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (228 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Ukraine

73 of its 156 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 42 of Kiev's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (52 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Croatia

59 of its 168 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 48 of Zagreb's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (16 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Zimbabwe (164 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Kenya (58 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Italy (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Malawi (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Netherlands (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 28,017 stories about harm among 113,621 counted on 16 Mar.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 16 September 2018. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 113,621 stories, above the usual 20. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about New Zealand and the US. In Bosnia, 92% of the news was about people being harmed, where 40% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia92 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique85 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria85 in 100 of its 388 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Congo80 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence New Zealand80 in 100 of its 5,226 stories · usually 29 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US490 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1244 Paris France444 stories about protests or strikes, of its 556 Gaza Palestine248 stories about protests or strikes, of its 263 Tel Aviv Israel166 stories about protests or strikes, of its 366 Damascus Syria79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little angrier 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'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: 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 a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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

● Greece about three times as fearful as the world's · 63 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 490 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 331 stories about harm ● South Sudan few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 11 stories about harm ● New Zealand about twice as angry as the world's · 4,156 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 361 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 7,870 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Conflict & violence28% 7,728 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Health16% 4,436 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents15% 4,258 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,919 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 640 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 501 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 277 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 killed11,785 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about New Zealand and the US Stories reporting arrests4,395 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about New Zealand and the US Stories reporting people injured3,849 at about twice the usual rate · most about New Zealand and the US Stories reporting people affected3,589 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and New Zealand Stories reporting people displaced413 at about three times the usual rate · most about Syria and Ethiopia Stories reporting refugees311 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions195 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations166 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba

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 one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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