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What the world's news said happened to people.
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23,715 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 people displaced in Cabo Delgado, people killed in Norway and protests in Amman (Jordan). Mozambique's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 55 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMozambique 77 in 100 of its 81 stories, usually 49
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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Health

Norway

44 of its 128 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Norway over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

81 of its 197 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Azerbaijan

26 of its 36 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Germany

236 of its 702 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Belgium

40 of its 114 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Brussels accounted for 33 of Belgium's 40 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Pakistan

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Gas explosion was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 97 of Myanmar's 121 stories about harm, carried by 228 outlets. 85 of Yangon's 97 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 26 of Yemen's 51 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. 16 of Sanaa's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Papua New Guinea (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Bangladesh (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Brazil (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in Ghana (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); gas explosion in Pakistan (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 16 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 23,715 stories about harm among 94,911 counted on 16 Mar.

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Mentions of outbreaks ran about 6 times their usual in Papua New Guinea's news. of the day's 94,911 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. On 16 March 2020, a year earlier, the share was 37 in every 100, against 25 today. Mozambique's news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 49%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar87 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 85 · mostly rights & justice Mozambique77 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen67 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Syria57 in 100 of its 254 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Latvia56 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 34 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US168 stories about protests or strikes, of its 902 London UK149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 566 Yangon Myanmar85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 97 Beijing China61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 244 Delhi India49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 224

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times 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 angry as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMongolia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Myanmar about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 121 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 145 stories about harm ● Mozambique about twice as angry as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Niger few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 17 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health55% 13,022 stories · more than usual (usually 53%) Rights & justice21% 5,025 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,924 stories · less than usual (usually 10%) Conflict & violence6% 1,466 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 830 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 636 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 355 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 247 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 killed5,741 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,868 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,540 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured924 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions168 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced166 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees162 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill33 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations29 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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