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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

how these are picked →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 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 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualSlovakia: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChile: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 19 outletsAnambra, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsMansfield, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsMajuli, India -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsColchester, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsCarroll County, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsHoly Island, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 76 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

● Iceland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● Chile warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Jammu Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 31 stories ● Anambra Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Mansfield US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Majuli India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Colchester UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories

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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