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13,953 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 news turned to protests in Minsk (Belarus), building collapse in Egypt and violence in Cabo Delgado. Mozambique's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 49 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostEgypt 64 in 100 of its 452 stories, usually 37
RegionEast Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

37 of its 71 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Minsk accounted for 25 of Belarus' 37 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. 21 of Minsk's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Disasters & accidents

Egypt

291 of its 452 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. the Suez Canal accounted for 164 of Egypt's 291 stories about harm, carried by 632 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (106 stories). Building collapse was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Suez Canal stories →
Conflict & violence

Mozambique

57 of its 67 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 27 of Mozambique's 57 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Cabo Delgado stories →
Health

Venezuela

37 of its 59 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Covid was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 97 of Myanmar's 173 stories about harm, carried by 304 outlets. 79 of Yangon's 97 stories were about protests or strikes. Train derailment was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

34 of its 68 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

UK

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Heavy rain was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

22 of its 36 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

70 of its 121 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Algeria

9 of its 14 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 3 of Algiers' 6 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Israel (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Myanmar (17 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flu in Germany (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in US (126 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 13,953 stories about harm among 52,307 counted on 27 Mar.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 52,307 stories, as usual. On 27 March 2020, a year earlier, the share was 41 in every 100, against 27 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar87 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 86 · mostly rights & justice Mozambique85 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Egypt64 in 100 of its 452 stories · usually 37 · mostly disasters & accidents Venezuela63 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 34 · mostly health Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 429 Bristol UK85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 Yangon Myanmar79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 97 Dhaka Bangladesh52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 100 Aung Hlaing Myanmar34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 46

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuyana: 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'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: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTonga: coverage a little angrier than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than 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 fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMozambique: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than 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 a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● Myanmar about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 173 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Mozambique about twice as angry as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Belarus few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 175 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health49% 6,780 stories · much less than usual (usually 54%) Rights & justice22% 3,102 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 1,591 stories · more than usual (usually 9%) Conflict & violence8% 1,146 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 579 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 293 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 195 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 136 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 killed4,130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected947 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured935 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt Stories reporting abductions123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees98 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced57 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Colombia Stories reporting evacuations50 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.