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40,119 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 illness in Manila, violence in Baghdad and protests in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan). Iraq's coverage was about 7 times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 81 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostPhilippines 66 in 100 of its 779 stories, usually 37
RegionCentral Asia 45 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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Health

Philippines

517 of its 779 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Manila accounted for 210 of the Philippines' 517 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (162 stories). Flu was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Manila stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

305 of its 389 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Baghdad accounted for 229 of Iraq's 305 stories about harm, carried by 648 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (190 stories). Its coverage was about 7 times as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

New Zealand

259 of its 714 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Measles was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Egypt

111 of its 235 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (20 stories). Flooding was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Nepal

126 of its 203 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories). Earthquake was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with avalanche.

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Health

Israel

216 of its 422 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Health

India

2,110 of its 5,319 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (60 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Health

Iran

Tehran accounted for 144 of Iran's 288 stories about harm, carried by 250 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Nepal (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Egypt (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Ethiopia (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Malaysia (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Kenya (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

33 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 40,119 stories about harm among 121,276 counted on 13 Mar.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed in all 1534 days held. Stories about people being harmed made up 33 in every 100 of the day's 121,276 stories, above the usual 24. It was the second day running that the news turned to the Philippines. In Nepal's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq78 in 100 of its 389 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Syria67 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence North Korea67 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 46 · mostly health Philippines66 in 100 of its 779 stories · usually 37 · mostly health Iran65 in 100 of its 440 stories · usually 60 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2219 Baghdad Iraq90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 229 Delhi India80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 633 Wuhan China51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 930 London UK36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 631

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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: 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 lessTurkmenistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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 readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 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: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 lessAfghanistan: 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSint 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 one and a half times its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLatvia: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualMaldives: warmth about its own usualLinn County, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 29 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- health: 12 stories, carried by 26 outletsWindhoek, Namibia -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsArizona, US -- health: 54 stories, carried by 81 outletsBerkshire, UK -- health: 35 stories, carried by 30 outletsManchester, UK -- health: 24 stories, carried by 15 outletsJaipur, India -- health: 12 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

● Puerto Rico warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Linn County US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Sunshine Coast Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Windhoek Namibia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 54 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health81% 32,158 stories · much more than usual (usually 50%) Rights & justice8% 3,023 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents4% 1,641 stories · much less than usual (usually 11%) Conflict & violence3% 1,343 stories · much less than usual (usually 9%) Shelter & services2% 651 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given1% 580 stories · less than usual (usually 4%) Displacement1% 297 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 212 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 killed7,246 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,531 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,373 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured939 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill169 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees166 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting evacuations145 at about half the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting people displaced143 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions80 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria

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.

● Angerabout two-thirds of usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout half 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.