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39,534 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 volcanic eruption in Indonesia, violence in Utrecht and people displaced in the Philippines. the Netherlands' coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Indonesia → Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostNetherlands 73 in 100 of its 2,316 stories, usually 15
RegionOceania 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

563 of its 838 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jakarta accounted for 220 of Indonesia's 563 stories about harm, carried by 206 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (270 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 200 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and drownings. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Conflict & violence

Netherlands

1,700 of its 2,316 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Utrecht accounted for 824 of the Netherlands' 1,700 stories about harm, carried by 750 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (868 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories → Utrecht stories →
Health

Philippines

477 of its 1,055 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Poisoning was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Palestine

643 of its 1,006 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Salfit accounted for 367 of Palestine's 643 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (265 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Mali

97 of its 109 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Dioura accounted for 39 of Mali's 97 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

724 of its 771 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Beira accounted for 637 of Mozambique's 724 stories about harm, carried by 517 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Zimbabwe

312 of its 572 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Drought was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts and tropical storm.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

247 of its 490 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

France

515 of its 1,839 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 285 of Paris' 354 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

90 of its 261 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: train derailment in Congo (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chickenpox in Bahrain (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Kenya (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Zimbabwe (49 of its stories, about three times its usual); measles in Ukraine (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 39,534 stories about harm among 174,940 counted on 18 Mar.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Indonesia. of the day's 174,940 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Indonesia.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique94 in 100 of its 771 stories · usually 60 · mostly disasters & accidents Mali89 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Netherlands73 in 100 of its 2,316 stories · usually 15 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia72 in 100 of its 1,037 stories · usually 74 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given New Zealand69 in 100 of its 4,544 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US299 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1396 Paris France285 stories about protests or strikes, of its 354 Gaza Palestine208 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248 Jerusalem Israel149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 365 Xinjiang China100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 200

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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 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: 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 readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: 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 lessNorth Macedonia: 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: 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 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 lessJamaica: 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 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 lessIndia: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: 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: 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 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 lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualLuxembourg: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBolivia: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualChampaign, US -- health: 38 stories, carried by 64 outletsCampinas, Brazil -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsHanoi, Vietnam -- health: 16 stories, carried by 13 outletsSouth Island, New Zealand -- rights & justice: 118 stories, carried by 145 outletsLeadville, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsCairngorm, UK -- disasters & accidents: 20 stories, carried by 49 outletsPapanui, New Zealand -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- health: 12 stories, carried by 16 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

● Azerbaijan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Champaign US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 38 stories ● Campinas Brazil about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Hanoi Vietnam about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● South Island New Zealand about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 118 stories ● Leadville US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 9,750 stories · much less than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence24% 9,407 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Health19% 7,568 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 6,822 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 3,033 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,157 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 645 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 624 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 killed16,013 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and New Zealand Stories reporting arrests5,013 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,511 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about New Zealand and the Netherlands Stories reporting people affected4,498 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Mozambique Stories reporting evacuations1,123 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people displaced595 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees320 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting abductions299 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and New Zealand

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.