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23,986 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 violence in Bamako, protests in Kiev (Ukraine) and evacuations in Norway. Mali's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Norway and the US → Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Syria and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNorway 80 in 100 of its 747 stories, usually 12
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 51 in 100 of its stories, usually 41
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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Conflict & violence

Mali

162 of its 175 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Bamako accounted for 88 of Mali's 162 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
Protests & strikes

Ukraine

79 of its 158 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 45 of Kiev's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kiev stories →
Disasters & accidents

Norway

599 of its 747 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (455 stories). Tornadoes were named in 54 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold.

Norway over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Israel

630 of its 1,117 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Jerusalem accounted for 416 of Israel's 630 stories about harm, carried by 164 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (329 stories).

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
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Protests & strikes

France

366 of its 1,057 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 280 of Paris' 324 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (215 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Spain

96 of its 386 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 47 of Barcelona's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Mexico

143 of its 401 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 26 of Islas Marias' 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Drownings were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

430 of its 462 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Mogadishu accounted for 411 of Somalia's 430 stories about harm, carried by 289 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Jordan

75 of its 201 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Ethiopia

245 of its 290 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Addis Ababa accounted for 167 of Ethiopia's 245 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Hunger was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Mozambique (174 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in China (83 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in Australia (88 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drownings in Mexico (22 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in Brazil (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 23,986 stories about harm among 116,701 counted on 23 Mar.

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Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Norway and the US. 21 in every 100 of the day's 116,701 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mozambique's news mentioned the cholera about 9 times as often as usual. Mali's news was 93% about people being harmed, against a usual 58%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia93 in 100 of its 462 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Mali93 in 100 of its 175 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique89 in 100 of its 569 stories · usually 84 · mostly disasters & accidents Ethiopia84 in 100 of its 290 stories · usually 73 · mostly disasters & accidents Norway80 in 100 of its 747 stories · usually 12 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France280 stories about protests or strikes, of its 324 Monroeville US265 stories about protests or strikes, of its 298 Washington US167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 756 Jerusalem Israel145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 416 Gaza Palestine118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: 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 lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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 lessNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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 readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readUK: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNicaragua: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNhamatanda, Mozambique -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 57 outletsWaitangi, New Zealand -- displacement: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsBrecon, UK -- health: 21 stories, carried by 114 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- conflict & violence: 38 stories, carried by 29 outletsMecca, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsSteilacoom, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsRome, Italy -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 42 stories, carried by 47 outletsAlabama, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 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

● United Arab Emirates warmth about one and a half times usual ● Pakistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Nhamatanda Mozambique about three times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Waitangi New Zealand about three times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 15 stories ● Brecon UK about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 38 stories ● Mecca Saudi Arabia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 6,252 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence23% 5,481 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents22% 5,177 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Health16% 3,740 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,155 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 920 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 648 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 278 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 killed8,560 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,159 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Norway Stories reporting arrests2,441 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,978 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations699 at about three times the usual rate · most about Norway and the US Stories reporting abductions428 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people displaced184 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees155 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting people falling ill27 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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