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31,672 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 rights and justice in Lima, illness in Tehran and volcanic eruption in Nicaragua. Peru's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 60 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostPeru 46 in 100 of its 155 stories, usually 18
RegionNorth America 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Conflict & violence

Peru

72 of its 155 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Lima accounted for 51 of Peru's 72 stories about harm, carried by 229 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Health

Iran

331 of its 492 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Tehran accounted for 161 of Iran's 331 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

United Arab Emirates

115 of its 366 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Dubai accounted for 104 of the United Arab Emirates' 115 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories).

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Health

Hong Kong

193 of its 266 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Hung Hom accounted for 75 of Hong Kong's 193 stories about harm, carried by 212 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

South Africa

379 of its 1,155 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Illness was named in 92 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Health

US

10,495 of its 38,242 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate (119 stories). Food poisoning was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Health

India

1,740 of its 5,812 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Flu was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Health

Palestine

96 of its 181 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (45 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in South Africa (92 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Azerbaijan (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in France (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Switzerland (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); building collapse in Pakistan (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 31,672 stories about harm among 124,784 counted on 5 Mar.

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Peru stood out: 46% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. 25 in every 100 of the day's 124,784 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. In Nicaragua's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 5 times their usual. A year earlier, on 6 March 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria75 in 100 of its 452 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong73 in 100 of its 266 stories · usually 54 · mostly health Iran67 in 100 of its 492 stories · usually 55 · mostly health Afghanistan63 in 100 of its 500 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence China61 in 100 of its 4,191 stories · usually 64 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India226 stories about protests or strikes, of its 784 Washington US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1287 Idlib Syria54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 292 London UK44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 568 New York US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 282

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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 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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: 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: too little coverage to readPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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: too little coverage to readChad: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSamoa: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNicaragua: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualCroatia: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualHelmand, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 38 outletsMaiduguri, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 120 stories, carried by 200 outletsSouth Carolina, US -- health: 24 stories, carried by 23 outletsTennessee, US -- disasters & accidents: 55 stories, carried by 219 outletsWhitehall, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 16 outletsSoylu, Türkiye -- displacement: 10 stories, carried by 30 outletsMasaya, Nicaragua -- disasters & accidents: 41 stories, carried by 65 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

● Peru warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Helmand Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Maiduguri Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 120 stories ● South Carolina US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 24 stories ● Tennessee US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 55 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health60% 18,846 stories · much more than usual (usually 43%) Rights & justice16% 5,108 stories · much less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents9% 2,846 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Conflict & violence7% 2,070 stories · less than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 893 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 713 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 565 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 339 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 killed8,550 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,992 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,078 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,285 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees385 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Syria Stories reporting abductions254 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and India Stories reporting people displaced242 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations220 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting people falling ill200 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
● 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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