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What the world's news said happened to people.
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21,222 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 violence in Tillaberi, illness in Brussels and flooding in Australia. Niger's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Australia and the US → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 53 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIceland 85 in 100 of its 111 stories, usually 51
RegionOceania 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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

Niger

53 of its 59 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Tillaberi accounted for 25 of Niger's 53 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Tillaberi stories →
Disasters & accidents

Australia

675 of its 2,009 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 stories). Flooding was named in 269 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with heavy rain, storms and drought.

Australia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Taiwan

58 of its 154 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Taipei accounted for 44 of Taiwan's 58 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

UK

Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (140 stories). Measles was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with meningitis. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Congo

Brazzaville accounted for 25 of Congo's 35 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Malaria was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Iceland

94 of its 111 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Covid was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Health

Saudi Arabia

126 of its 265 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Hong Kong

46 of its 116 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Iceland (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Congo (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Somalia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Japan (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about 6 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 22 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 21,222 stories about harm among 84,110 counted on 22 Mar.

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Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 84,110 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Australia and the US. A year earlier, on 22 March 2020, 43 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. In Niger, 90% of the news was about people being harmed, where 61% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger90 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar85 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 87 · mostly rights & justice Iceland85 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 51 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria64 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Chile62 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 33 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Bristol UK139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Washington US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 678 Atlanta US82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 230 London UK60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 462 Yangon Myanmar43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 45

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'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'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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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: 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'sIndonesia: 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 readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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 readN. 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer 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 grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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

● Kashmir few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Niger about three times as angry as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Tanzania about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 74 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 60 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 42 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health53% 11,225 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 4,408 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 2,041 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,425 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 756 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 637 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 293 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 275 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 killed5,292 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,736 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,382 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,044 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees167 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations132 at about twice the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting abductions121 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced105 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill24 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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