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26,047 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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Drownings in Greece, refugees in Türkiye and illness in Seoul drew the news. Türkiye's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 56 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSouth Korea 62 in 100 of its 624 stories, usually 39
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Displacement

Greece

142 of its 330 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Drownings were named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

236 of its 452 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (95 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Philippines

375 of its 819 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (159 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
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Health

Iran

375 of its 553 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Tehran accounted for 203 of Iran's 375 stories about harm, carried by 352 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Indonesia

179 of its 348 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jakarta accounted for 119 of Indonesia's 179 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Health

Belgium

38 of its 120 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

47 of its 122 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Egypt

128 of its 304 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 142 of Afghanistan's 241 stories about harm, carried by 332 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Germany (52 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Bahamas (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Nigeria (68 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); dengue in Thailand (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Ghana (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 26,047 stories about harm among 106,518 counted on 2 Mar.

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Greece's news mentioned drownings more than ten times as often as usual. Greece's news was 43% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. of the day's 106,518 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. On 3 March 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria78 in 100 of its 401 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Iran68 in 100 of its 553 stories · usually 53 · mostly health South Korea62 in 100 of its 624 stories · usually 39 · mostly health China61 in 100 of its 4,015 stories · usually 66 · mostly health Somalia55 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India321 stories about protests or strikes, of its 808 Washington US107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1022 Jerusalem Israel53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 189 Los Angeles US46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 211 Idlib Syria41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 256

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: 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 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: 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: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: 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 readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: 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

● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 312 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 241 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 375 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 128 stories about harm ● Belgium few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as angry as the world's · 236 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health56% 14,444 stories · much more than usual (usually 42%) Rights & justice17% 4,472 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents9% 2,344 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Conflict & violence8% 2,187 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 986 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 546 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 540 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 248 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 killed7,542 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,528 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,893 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,166 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees471 at about twice the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Syria Stories reporting abductions297 at about twice the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting people displaced226 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations213 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting people falling ill170 at about the usual rate

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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