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12,297 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 protests in Minsk (Belarus), violence in Makassar and a disaster in the Suez Canal. Indonesia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Mozambique and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 47 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 82 in 100 of its 267 stories, usually 40
RegionSoutheast Asia 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 40
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

25 of its 35 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Minsk accounted for 20 of Belarus' 25 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. 13 of Minsk's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Conflict & violence

Indonesia

220 of its 267 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Makassar accounted for 157 of Indonesia's 220 stories about harm, carried by 461 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (163 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Makassar stories →
Disasters & accidents

Egypt

230 of its 371 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. the Suez Canal accounted for 175 of Egypt's 230 stories about harm, carried by 659 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories). Building collapse was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Romania

26 of its 41 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Flu was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Bangladesh

153 of its 290 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Dhaka accounted for 91 of Bangladesh's 153 stories about harm, carried by 172 outlets. 65 of Dhaka's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mozambique

82 of its 92 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Pakistan

209 of its 520 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Tsunami was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Health

Canada

384 of its 1,102 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (78 stories). Storms were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with snowstorms.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

23 of its 52 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 120 of Myanmar's 188 stories about harm, carried by 345 outlets. 108 of Yangon's 120 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Saudi Arabia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Canada (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Pakistan (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in US (69 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

28 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 12,297 stories about harm among 43,672 counted on 28 Mar.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 21 February 2021. of the day's 43,672 news stories, 28 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 26. Romania's news mentioned the flu more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Mozambique and the US. This week the news turned most often to Egypt, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique89 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar89 in 100 of its 211 stories · usually 87 · mostly rights & justice Indonesia82 in 100 of its 267 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Syria67 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela62 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 35 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Yangon Myanmar108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 120 Washington US68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 357 Dhaka Bangladesh65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91 Chicago US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 117 Xinjiang China29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 73

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 lessJapan: 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 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 readGhana: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readIsrael: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualIowa, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 25 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 17 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 20 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 24 stories, carried by 14 outletsMaine, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsLake Chad, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsPort Harcourt, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 17 stories, carried by 14 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Iowa US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Nottingham UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 24 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health47% 5,690 stories · much less than usual (usually 54%) Rights & justice21% 2,565 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 1,466 stories · more than usual (usually 9%) Conflict & violence10% 1,202 stories · more than usual (usually 7%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 624 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 288 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 188 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 134 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 killed4,097 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests1,036 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured971 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people affected875 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions124 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations77 at about twice the usual rate · most about Mozambique and the US Stories reporting people displaced69 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees55 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting people falling ill10 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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.