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23,796 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 violence in Jakarta, illness in Paris and refugees in Thailand. Thailand's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 56 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 63 in 100 of its 251 stories, usually 45
RegionCentral Asia 41 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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Conflict & violence

Indonesia

157 of its 251 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Jakarta accounted for 93 of Indonesia's 157 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. Plane crash was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Health

France

252 of its 819 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Paris accounted for 164 of France's 252 stories about harm, carried by 316 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 50 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Rights & justice

Thailand

129 of its 244 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Mozambique

106 of its 123 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 40 of Mozambique's 106 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (10 stories). Polio was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

India

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Heatwave was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Niger

Niamey accounted for 41 of Niger's 54 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. 24 of Niamey's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 32 of Myanmar's 56 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. 26 of Yangon's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Hungary

35 of its 59 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: polio in Afghanistan (22 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in China (57 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in India (10 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); heatwave in UK (18 of its stories, more than ten 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 31 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 23,796 stories about harm among 96,264 counted on 31 Mar.

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25 in every 100 of the day's 96,264 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. On 31 March 2020, a year earlier, the share was 40 in every 100, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique86 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar71 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 87 · mostly rights & justice Syria69 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Niger65 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen65 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 65 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US280 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1113 Moscow Russia65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 167 London UK54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 386 Hollywood US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177 Atlanta US43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 114

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: 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 lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 lessIsrael: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 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 lessEcuador: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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: too little coverage to readHong 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: 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: 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: 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 lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: too little coverage to readGaza: 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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 readSingapore: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 39 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 43 stories, carried by 93 outletsOhio, US -- health: 22 stories, carried by 27 outletsWindrush, UK -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 34 outletsRhode Island, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 23 stories, carried by 11 outletsAbakaliki, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsIbadan, Nigeria -- health: 16 stories, carried by 12 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

● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Cambridge UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 43 stories ● Ohio US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories ● Windrush UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 29 stories ● Rhode Island US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health56% 13,153 stories · more than usual (usually 54%) Rights & justice21% 4,885 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,911 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,566 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 819 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 613 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 329 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 288 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 killed6,016 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,915 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,649 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,049 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees217 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people displaced181 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Mozambique and the US Stories reporting abductions139 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations92 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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