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37,464 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 heavy rain in Iraq, violence in Kabul and protests in Almaty (Kazakhstan). Afghanistan's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostIraq 84 in 100 of its 453 stories, usually 56
RegionCentral Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Iraq

382 of its 453 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (229 stories). Heavy rain was named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

484 of its 583 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Kabul accounted for 353 of Afghanistan's 484 stories about harm, carried by 473 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (436 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Rights & justice

Türkiye

328 of its 576 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (236 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Lebanon

195 of its 347 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Beirut accounted for 172 of Lebanon's 195 stories about harm, carried by 253 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Chad

35 of its 53 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

New Zealand

1,808 of its 2,703 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Malawi

116 of its 195 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Landslides were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Austria

78 of its 199 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 62 of Vienna's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Netherlands

251 of its 570 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (171 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in China (232 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Kenya (41 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Australia (70 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in Bangladesh (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); food poisoning in Canada (58 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 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 22 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 37,464 stories about harm among 185,614 counted on 22 Mar.

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Of the day's 185,614 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 22 March 2018, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique90 in 100 of its 724 stories · usually 83 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq84 in 100 of its 453 stories · usually 56 · mostly disasters & accidents Nicaragua84 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan83 in 100 of its 583 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Congo79 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 65 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US717 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1706 Gaza Palestine214 stories about protests or strikes, of its 278 Jerusalem Israel126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 418 Charlottesville US88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 172 Greenville US85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95

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: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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'sPuerto Rico: 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 readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readEthiopia: 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: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: 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'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: 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'sMalaysia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: 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 about twice as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: 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'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Afghanistan about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 484 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 226 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as fearful as the world's · 195 stories about harm ● Netherlands about twice as fearful as the world's · 251 stories about harm ● Congo about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Austria about twice as fearful as the world's · 78 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 10,015 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Disasters & accidents20% 7,459 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Health19% 7,208 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 6,903 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,466 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,359 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 885 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 678 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 killed13,629 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,219 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,983 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,168 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees565 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced312 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions233 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Kashmir Stories reporting evacuations186 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Papua New Guinea and the US

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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as 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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