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40,209 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 Vienna, wildfires in Portugal and protests in Jerusalem (Israel). Portugal's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada → Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostAustria 54 in 100 of its 306 stories, usually 18
RegionCentral Asia 28 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

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Austria

164 of its 306 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Vienna accounted for 104 of Austria's 164 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (112 stories). Hepatitis was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Disasters & accidents

Portugal

74 of its 264 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Wildfires were named in 63 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

317 of Jerusalem's 564 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (69 stories). Measles was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Haiti

35 of its 60 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Croix-des-Bouquets accounted for 31 of Haiti's 35 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lithuania

24 of its 48 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Kazakhstan

42 of its 99 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

202 of its 234 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (127 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Comoros

17 of its 23 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 8 of Anjouan's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Rights & justice

Spain

254 of its 1,069 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (87 stories). Train derailment was named in 55 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: accidents in Norway (149 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Mozambique (417 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Venezuela (125 of its stories, about three times its usual); avalanche in Nepal (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Türkiye (48 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 40,209 stories about harm among 204,500 counted on 27 Mar.

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Abductions were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. of the day's 204,500 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Austria stood out: 54% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. For the second day running, the news turned to Austria.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique90 in 100 of its 779 stories · usually 87 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen86 in 100 of its 234 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia74 in 100 of its 637 stories · usually 74 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Sudan71 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice Mali67 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Charlottesville US539 stories about protests or strikes, of its 603 Jerusalem Israel317 stories about protests or strikes, of its 564 New York US192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 464 Ramallah Palestine182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 609 Washington US150 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1552

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 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 lessMicronesia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: 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 lessSpain: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra 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 lessSaudi 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: 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 lessRussia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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 lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: 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 lessJapan: 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 lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: 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: 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 lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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 lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: 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 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 lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: 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: too little coverage to readChagos 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: warmth about its own usualUruguay: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUK: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMozambique: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualCroatia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualJersey: warmth about its own usualMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsFort Drum, US -- conflict & violence: 104 stories, carried by 106 outletsCroix-des-Bouquets, Haiti -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 30 outletsAthens, Greece -- food & livelihood: 43 stories, carried by 46 outletsMontreal, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 153 stories, carried by 195 outletsBhopal, India -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsKishtwar, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsOlympia, 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

● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Netherlands warmth about one and a half times usual ● Uruguay warmth about one and a half times usual ● Haiti warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mozambique warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mogadishu Somalia about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Fort Drum US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 104 stories ● Croix-des-Bouquets Haiti about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 31 stories ● Athens Greece about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 43 stories ● Montreal Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 153 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 13,141 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Health22% 8,599 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 6,193 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence15% 6,034 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,967 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,387 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 712 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 666 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 killed11,337 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,387 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,882 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,054 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,229 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees424 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced411 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations331 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill41 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France

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
● Griefa little less than 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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