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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.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Venezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: no storiesTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: no storiesOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEthiopia: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessMyanmar: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBangladesh: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessJammu & Kashmir: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: no storiesTurks & Caicos Islands: near the world's share or lessMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: near the world's share or lessSt. Barthélemy: no storiesNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 34 in 100 of its 288 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Zambia: 37 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Yemen: 55 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Vietnam: 37 in 100 of its 240 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Türkiye: 52 in 100 of its 452 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Thailand: 37 in 100 of its 262 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Taiwan: 50 in 100 of its 113 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Syria: 78 in 100 of its 401 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Sudan: 41 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)South Korea: 62 in 100 of its 624 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Somalia: 55 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Senegal: 44 in 100 of its 50 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Rwanda: 39 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Philippines: 46 in 100 of its 819 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Pakistan: 33 in 100 of its 682 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)North Korea: 52 in 100 of its 151 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Nigeria: 35 in 100 of its 1,435 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Nepal: 35 in 100 of its 99 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Mauritania: 78 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Libya: 37 in 100 of its 91 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Latvia: 47 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kyrgyzstan: 42 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Japan: 31 in 100 of its 1,157 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Italy: 48 in 100 of its 1,204 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Israel: 37 in 100 of its 891 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 48 in 100 of its 90 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Iraq: 46 in 100 of its 187 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Iran: 68 in 100 of its 553 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Indonesia: 51 in 100 of its 348 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)India: 31 in 100 of its 5,237 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Haiti: 44 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Greece: 43 in 100 of its 330 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Egypt: 42 in 100 of its 304 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)China: 61 in 100 of its 4,015 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Hong Kong: 51 in 100 of its 148 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Cameroon: 42 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Bahamas: 39 in 100 of its 122 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Argentina: 36 in 100 of its 67 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Algeria: 41 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Afghanistan: 51 in 100 of its 474 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)China: 61 in 100 of its 4,015 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 48 in 100 of its 90 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 48 in 100 of its 90 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 48 in 100 of its 90 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Macao: 62 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 24 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Syria 78 in 100 of its 401 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Iran 68 in 100 of its 553 stories · mostly health ● China 61 in 100 of its 4,015 stories · mostly health ● South Korea 62 in 100 of its 624 stories · mostly health ● Türkiye 52 in 100 of its 452 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Afghanistan 51 in 100 of its 474 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

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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