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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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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 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 lessSpain: 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 lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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 lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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 readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. 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: 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: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: 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 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualNevada, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsGreenhills, Philippines -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 15 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 142 stories, carried by 332 outletsManila, Philippines -- rights & justice: 171 stories, carried by 383 outletsMaiduguri, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 24 stories, carried by 16 outletsNebraska, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 13 outletsZurich, Switzerland -- health: 11 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

● Philippines warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Nevada US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Greenhills Philippines about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 29 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 142 stories ● Manila Philippines about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 171 stories ● Maiduguri Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 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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