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16,958 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 Tehran, people injured in China and the cyclone in Mozambique. Saudi Arabia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 44 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIran 46 in 100 of its 228 stories, usually 28
RegionEast Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Iran

106 of its 228 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tehran accounted for 47 of Iran's 106 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Health

China

623 of its 1,866 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Outbreaks were named in 300 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

China over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

16 of its 19 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Cyclone was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

81 of its 259 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Iraq

75 of its 125 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Erbil accounted for 45 of Iraq's 75 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

43 of its 56 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Sanaa accounted for 21 of Yemen's 43 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Hunger was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

1,576 of its 3,415 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kyiv accounted for 687 of Ukraine's 1,576 stories about harm, carried by 958 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (462 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Outbreaks were named in 63 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Congo

13 of its 15 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Health

Cyprus

13 of its 29 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Indonesia (32 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Yemen (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in Malawi (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (19 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); road crashes in Canada (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 16,958 stories about harm among 75,950 counted on 14 Mar.

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Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 75,950 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 14 March 2021, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Iran's news was 46% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen77 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq60 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia53 in 100 of its 184 stories · usually 44 · mostly health Afghanistan50 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Iran46 in 100 of its 228 stories · usually 28 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 452 Kyiv Ukraine111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 687 Washington US61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 473 Boston US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 136 London UK27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258

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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 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: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readWestern 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: 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 lessEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. 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: 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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 readSyria: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualMaine, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 20 outletsLanarkshire, UK -- health: 32 stories, carried by 18 outletsMontana, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 22 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 20 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

● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Lanarkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 32 stories ● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health44% 7,378 stories · about as usual Rights & justice16% 2,643 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,296 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 1,562 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 906 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 889 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 622 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 470 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 killed4,203 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,876 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,275 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting arrests1,229 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees629 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting evacuations208 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting people displaced203 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting abductions101 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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.