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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.

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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: 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: 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 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: 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: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBosnia 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 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualNew Forest, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 29 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 11 outletsSabarimala, India -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsOregon, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 30 outletsLas Vegas, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 19 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 50 stories, carried by 56 outletsBogota, Colombia -- health: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsAmsterdam, Netherlands -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 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

● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● New Forest UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Yorkshire UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Sabarimala India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Las Vegas US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

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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