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24,716 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 storms in Egypt, people injured in Bangladesh and violence in Tahoua. Niger's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 53 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEgypt 57 in 100 of its 412 stories, usually 29
RegionCentral Asia 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
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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Disasters & accidents

Egypt

235 of its 412 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. the Suez Canal accounted for 203 of Egypt's 235 stories about harm, carried by 539 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Storms were named in 76 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with dust storm.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Suez Canal stories →
Displacement

Bangladesh

148 of its 278 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Heavy rain was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

33 of its 35 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Tahoua accounted for 17 of Niger's 33 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 50 of Afghanistan's 94 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Romania

56 of its 132 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Illness was named in 45 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Health

Brazil

136 of its 273 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Kenya

119 of its 308 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →
Health

Uzbekistan

16 of its 30 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Morocco

18 of its 43 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 5 of Rabat's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in Romania (45 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Australia (185 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Singapore (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Ghana (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hiv in Nigeria (15 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 24 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 24,716 stories about harm among 97,583 counted on 24 Mar.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 97,583 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 24 March 2020, 40 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar82 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 86 · mostly rights & justice Iceland65 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 56 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen58 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Egypt57 in 100 of its 412 stories · usually 29 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria56 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 969 Bristol UK76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 141 Boulder US72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 675 Yangon Myanmar67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 72 Beijing China43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 161

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readNorfolk Island: feelings about like the world'sSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMacao: 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

● Niger few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Myanmar about twice as angry as the world's · 127 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 94 stories about harm ● Iran few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 231 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 34 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health53% 13,069 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 5,013 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 2,389 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,802 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 962 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 633 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 335 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 303 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 killed6,544 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,885 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,711 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured981 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees239 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting abductions129 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations58 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill35 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US

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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