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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

usually 26; 26 the day before
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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.

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited 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: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 lessSwitzerland: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: 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 lessNiue: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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 lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: too little coverage to readIceland: 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 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSyria: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMongolia: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLatvia: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMaryland, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 14 outletsTalacre, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 10 outletsMalad Gorge, US -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 78 outletsAmsterdam, Netherlands -- health: 32 stories, carried by 79 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 26 stories, carried by 20 outletsNairobi, Kenya -- health: 20 stories, carried by 13 outletsColchester, UK -- health: 28 stories, carried by 13 outletsTel Aviv, Israel -- health: 19 stories, carried by 71 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

● Armenia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Maryland US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Talacre UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Malad Gorge US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 19 stories ● Amsterdam Netherlands about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 32 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 26 stories

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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