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What the world's news said happened to people.
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25,144 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 Yangon (Myanmar), the hurricane in Jamaica and rights and justice in Damascus. Jamaica's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 56 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostGhana 44 in 100 of its 620 stories, usually 31
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

131 of its 152 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Yangon accounted for 87 of Myanmar's 131 stories about harm, carried by 211 outlets. 86 of Yangon's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (103 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Health

Jamaica

109 of its 250 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (72 stories). Hurricane was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Jamaica over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

77 of its 122 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Damascus accounted for 34 of Syria's 77 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

193 of its 389 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Mozambique

21 of its 34 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Ethiopia

66 of its 110 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tigray accounted for 50 of Ethiopia's 66 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Health

Ghana

273 of its 620 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

747 of its 1,593 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories).

its stories →
Health

Rwanda

28 of its 40 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Health

Kenya

80 of its 248 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (34 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); outbreaks in Lebanon (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Yemen (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in China (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Australia (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 25,144 stories about harm among 96,835 counted on 2 Mar.

Read the day's briefing

For the fifth day running, the news turned to Myanmar. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 96,835 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In Indonesia's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 8 times their usual. On 2 March 2020, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 26 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar86 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 74 · mostly rights & justice Yemen71 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Syria63 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia60 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Iraq60 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US276 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1302 Yangon Myanmar86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87 Delhi India69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 235 Moscow Russia56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 195 New York US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 352

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
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'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: 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'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: 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'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

● Jamaica about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 109 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 74 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Brazil about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 193 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 53 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health56% 14,048 stories · more than usual (usually 53%) Rights & justice20% 5,063 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,942 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Conflict & violence7% 1,624 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 937 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 630 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 401 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 274 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 killed5,957 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,770 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,717 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,054 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions390 at about twice the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees190 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced159 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Yemen Stories reporting evacuations57 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill30 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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