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24,180 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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Violence in Malabo, protests in Dakar (Senegal) and drownings in Tunisia drew the news. Senegal's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 54 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSenegal 76 in 100 of its 54 stories, usually 47
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Equatorial Guinea

38 of its 41 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Malabo accounted for 28 of Equatorial Guinea's 38 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Equatorial Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Malabo stories →
Protests & strikes

Senegal

41 of its 54 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Dakar accounted for 31 of Senegal's 41 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. 25 of Dakar's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Disasters & accidents

Tunisia

52 of its 79 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tunis accounted for 32 of Tunisia's 52 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (21 stories). Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Mexico

126 of its 344 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 34 of Mexico City's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Romania

38 of its 115 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 88 of Myanmar's 118 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. 84 of Yangon's 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 21 of Yemen's 39 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

98 of its 212 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Spain

142 of its 502 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Venezuela (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Syria (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Ghana (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Russia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 24,180 stories about harm among 95,867 counted on 9 Mar.

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Tunisia's news mentioned drownings more than ten times as often as usual. 25 in every 100 of the day's 95,867 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the third day running, the news turned to Equatorial Guinea. Equatorial Guinea stood out: 93% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 51%. A year earlier, on 9 March 2020, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar85 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 81 · mostly rights & justice Senegal76 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice Yemen68 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia66 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 45 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria57 in 100 of its 146 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US226 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1141 Yangon Myanmar84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88 Delhi India66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 244 London UK63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 605 Hennepin County US62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-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: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 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: 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: 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 lessPhilippines: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: 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: 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 lessLebanon: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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 lessItaly: 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 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: 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 lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: 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 readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readJammu & 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualDover, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 13 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 63 outletsWyoming, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 30 stories, carried by 22 outletsAbeokuta, Nigeria -- health: 17 stories, carried by 12 outletsSussex, Canada -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 27 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 45 stories, carried by 47 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

● Dover US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Jammu Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 28 stories ● Wyoming US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 30 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health54% 12,881 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 5,809 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents9% 2,056 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Conflict & violence6% 1,435 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 667 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 503 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 372 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 250 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 killed5,379 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,898 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,543 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured946 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions158 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees149 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations69 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill22 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 about as 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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