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46,221 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 protests in Conakry (Guinea), extreme cold in Croatia and illness in Kabul. Guinea's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 87 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostColombia 74 in 100 of its 146 stories, usually 32
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 53 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
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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Protests & strikes

Guinea

41 of its 48 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Conakry accounted for 34 of Guinea's 41 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. 30 of Conakry's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Conakry stories →
Disasters & accidents

Croatia

54 of its 80 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Zagreb accounted for 52 of Croatia's 54 stories about harm, carried by 223 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (22 stories). Extreme cold 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.

Croatia over 30 days → its stories → Zagreb stories →
Health

Afghanistan

180 of its 276 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Kabul accounted for 135 of Afghanistan's 180 stories about harm, carried by 416 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (62 stories). Outbreaks were named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Colombia

108 of its 146 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 53 of Bogota's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

United Arab Emirates

183 of its 365 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Dubai accounted for 157 of the United Arab Emirates' 183 stories about harm, carried by 286 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Health

Nigeria

1,011 of its 1,794 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). Poisoning was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Health

Cuba

38 of its 60 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Ebola was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Health

Romania

41 of its 89 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Iran

Tehran accounted for 141 of Iran's 261 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Syria (41 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); measles in Sierra Leone (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Cuba (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Uganda (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Germany (26 of its stories, about three times its usual).

40 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 46,221 stories about harm among 114,442 counted on 23 Mar.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 40 in every 100 of the day's 114,442 stories, above the usual 30. Mentions of outbreaks ran about 7 times their usual in Syria's news. In Guinea, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 37% is usual. A year earlier, on 24 March 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 40 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

North Korea82 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 52 · mostly health Colombia74 in 100 of its 146 stories · usually 32 · mostly health Iran71 in 100 of its 368 stories · usually 67 · mostly health Rwanda69 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 42 · mostly health Azerbaijan69 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 32 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2336 Bogota Colombia53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 63 Wuhan China47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 795 Delhi India38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 764 Conakry Guinea30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 34

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited 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 readTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 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 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 readSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: too little coverage to readRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: 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 lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: 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 lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: 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: 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 readCameroon: 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 lessBulgaria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: 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: 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 usualUK: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEstonia: warmth about its own usualCape Verde: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualYorkshire, UK -- health: 56 stories, carried by 44 outletsTianjin, China -- health: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsOxfordshire, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 46 outletsMontana, US -- health: 34 stories, carried by 78 outletsNew Hampshire, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 12 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- health: 24 stories, carried by 33 outletsHamburg, Germany -- health: 10 stories, carried by 14 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- health: 135 stories, carried by 416 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

● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 56 stories ● Tianjin China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Oxfordshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 34 stories ● New Hampshire US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health87% 39,886 stories · much more than usual (usually 65%) Rights & justice4% 1,872 stories · much less than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents3% 1,339 stories · less than usual (usually 8%) Shelter & services2% 794 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence2% 786 stories · less than usual (usually 6%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given2% 741 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 312 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 265 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 killed10,768 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected2,903 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,510 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill171 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees148 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting evacuations133 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced124 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions50 at about a third of 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
● Warmtha little more than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.