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24,806 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 illness in Dar es Salaam, violence in Tehran and protests in Yangon (Myanmar). Tanzania's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 55 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTanzania 60 in 100 of its 332 stories, usually 41
RegionCentral Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Tanzania

200 of its 332 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Dar es Salaam accounted for 123 of Tanzania's 200 stories about harm, carried by 210 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (116 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Tanzania over 30 days → its stories → Dar es Salaam stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

89 of its 206 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tehran accounted for 58 of Iran's 89 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 45 of Myanmar's 73 stories about harm, carried by 165 outlets. 41 of Yangon's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 82 of Afghanistan's 132 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Helicopter crash was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Denmark

80 of its 151 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Bulgaria

35 of its 81 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Paraguay

12 of its 16 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 4 of Asuncion's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Health

Jamaica

63 of its 155 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Algeria (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Greece (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Afghanistan (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Australia (39 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Germany (12 of its stories, about 4 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 18 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 24,806 stories about harm among 97,301 counted on 18 Mar.

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Algeria's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. 25 in every 100 of the day's 97,301 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Tanzania. A year earlier, on 18 March 2020, 39 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. Tanzania's news was 60% about people being harmed, against a usual 41%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar86 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 85 · mostly rights & justice Yemen72 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Syria62 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Tanzania60 in 100 of its 332 stories · usually 41 · mostly health Afghanistan56 in 100 of its 235 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US243 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1138 Atlanta US89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 610 London UK54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 432 Yangon Myanmar41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 45 Chicago US38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 252

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern 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: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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 lessCongo: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readBahrain: 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 readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKuwait: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualAmsterdam, Netherlands -- health: 28 stories, carried by 133 outletsVermont, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsColorado, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsNewbury, UK -- health: 33 stories, carried by 27 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 16 outletsHartlepool, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 97 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- health: 16 stories, carried by 10 outletsPort Harcourt, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 22 stories, carried by 16 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

● Netherlands warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kuwait warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Amsterdam Netherlands about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories ● Vermont US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Newbury UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 33 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 24 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health55% 13,395 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 5,296 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 2,176 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,541 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 837 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 587 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 472 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 261 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 killed6,538 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,833 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,498 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured909 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees194 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions133 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced108 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Yemen and Syria Stories reporting evacuations53 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people falling ill21 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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