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50,800 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 news turned to illness in Tehran, protests in Bogota (Colombia) and a disaster in Puerto Rico. Iran's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 87 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostGhana 66 in 100 of its 471 stories, usually 32
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 54 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
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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Iran

Tehran accounted for 120 of Iran's 231 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Mozambique

71 of its 81 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Spain

474 of its 913 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Sweden

97 of its 213 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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India

3,204 of its 5,923 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Polio was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with wildfires.

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Zimbabwe

179 of its 327 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Flu was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Kashmir

110 of its 179 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Jammu accounted for 82 of Kashmir's 110 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hiv in South Africa (75 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Syria (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Armenia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Russia (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Yemen (11 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 24 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 50,800 stories about harm among 125,925 counted on 24 Mar.

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40 in every 100 of the day's 125,925 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 31. In South Africa's news, mentions of HIV ran about three times their usual. A year earlier, on 25 March 2019, 19 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 →

Mozambique88 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 48 · mostly health Yemen82 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 62 · mostly health Syria75 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 73 · mostly health Libya68 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 49 · mostly health Philippines66 in 100 of its 760 stories · usually 50 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2866 Delhi India151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 803 Wuhan China62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 985 London UK41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 823 New York US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 837

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 lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: 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 readUkraine: 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: 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 lessSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão 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: 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: 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 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: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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 readMali: 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: 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: 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 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: 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: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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 lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUK: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualBotswana: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualJacksonville, US -- health: 48 stories, carried by 82 outletsGrey County, Canada -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsCumbria, UK -- health: 23 stories, carried by 14 outletsCorpus Christi, US -- health: 53 stories, carried by 246 outletsColchester, UK -- health: 21 stories, carried by 18 outletsSussex, Canada -- health: 14 stories, carried by 37 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- health: 14 stories, carried by 21 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- health: 111 stories, carried by 351 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

● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Finland warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Jacksonville US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 48 stories ● Grey County Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Cumbria UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories ● Corpus Christi US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 53 stories ● Colchester UK 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% 43,948 stories · much more than usual (usually 67%) Rights & justice4% 2,165 stories · much less than usual (usually 13%) Disasters & accidents3% 1,309 stories · less than usual (usually 7%) Shelter & services2% 997 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence2% 855 stories · less than usual (usually 6%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given1% 700 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 327 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 273 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 killed11,089 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,073 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,769 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,072 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill192 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees155 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced152 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations115 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions60 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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