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17,098 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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The day's news pointed at violence in Tunis, protests in Kastanies (Greece) and illness in Tehran. Iran's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 60 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostTunisia 81 in 100 of its 64 stories, usually 29
RegionCentral Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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

Tunisia

52 of its 64 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tunis accounted for 47 of Tunisia's 52 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Protests & strikes

Greece

72 of its 180 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 13 of Kastanies' 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Kastanies stories →
Health

Iran

223 of its 336 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tehran accounted for 164 of Iran's 223 stories about harm, carried by 237 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (7 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
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

212 of its 299 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 140 of Afghanistan's 212 stories about harm, carried by 228 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (107 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Guyana

21 of its 99 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 7 of Cotton Tree's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

191 of its 332 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 38 of Riyadh's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (125 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Israel

121 of its 273 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jerusalem accounted for 95 of Israel's 121 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Chile

19 of its 52 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 4 of Santiago's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

Kuwait

33 of its 63 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Palestine (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Philippines (26 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Mexico (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in Pakistan (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 26 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 17,098 stories about harm among 63,523 counted on 7 Mar.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 1 September 2019. Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 63,523 stories, above the usual 22. Tunisia's news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. For the second day running, the news turned to Tunisia.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tunisia81 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 29 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 299 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Iran66 in 100 of its 336 stories · usually 57 · mostly health Syria66 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence China61 in 100 of its 1,889 stories · usually 63 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 338 Washington US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 824 Riyadh Saudi Arabia38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66 Mecca Saudi Arabia30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 58 New York US23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 158

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: 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'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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 twice as angry as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier 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'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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

● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 212 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as fearful as the world's · 121 stories about harm ● Tunisia about twice as fearful as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 223 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 28 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health60% 10,065 stories · much more than usual (usually 45%) Rights & justice17% 2,913 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents9% 1,465 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Conflict & violence7% 1,177 stories · less than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 548 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 348 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 239 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 153 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 killed5,129 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting people affected1,708 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,314 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured806 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees211 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Greece Stories reporting abductions133 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the UK Stories reporting people displaced117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations113 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill106 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.