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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

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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.

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: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: too little coverage to readItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: 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 lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: too little coverage to readEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern 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: too little coverage to readAzad 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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 readUzbekistan: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualCincinnati, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 39 outletsVancouver, Canada -- health: 23 stories, carried by 57 outletsVirginia Beach, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 32 outletsLahore, Pakistan -- health: 22 stories, carried by 11 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 140 stories, carried by 228 outletsAmman, Jordan -- health: 10 stories, carried by 27 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 122 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 16 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Cincinnati US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Vancouver Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories ● Virginia Beach US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Lahore Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 140 stories

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.