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19,657 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 day's news pointed at protests in Minsk (Belarus), the earthquake in Japan and people killed in South Korea. Belarus' coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 45 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPeru 54 in 100 of its 71 stories, usually 26
RegionEast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

20 of its 44 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Minsk accounted for 15 of Belarus' 20 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. 13 of Minsk's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 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

Japan

311 of its 1,219 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Tokyo accounted for 198 of Japan's 311 stories about harm, carried by 283 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (175 stories). Earthquake was named in 216 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tsunami, train derailment and power cuts. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Japan over 30 days → its stories → Tokyo stories →
Health

South Korea

107 of its 321 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (53 stories). Flu was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

154 of its 352 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Tehran accounted for 84 of Iran's 154 stories about harm, carried by 288 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories).

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

Russia

1,138 of its 3,645 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

25 of its 40 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. 7 of Khartoum's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Displacement

Afghanistan

103 of its 179 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Kabul accounted for 50 of Afghanistan's 103 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Health

China

451 of its 1,678 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 524 of Ukraine's 1,399 stories about harm, carried by 729 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Cambodia

55 of its 97 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Phnom Penh accounted for 33 of Cambodia's 55 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hunger in Ireland (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in India (18 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); measles in UK (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); ebola in US (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 19,657 stories about harm among 86,612 counted on 17 Mar.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 86,612 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Belarus stood out: 45% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 6 times their usual in Japan's news. On 17 March 2021, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen65 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Syria60 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 179 stories · usually 50 · mostly displacement Cambodia57 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 41 · mostly health Peru54 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 26 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 521 Kyiv Ukraine130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 524 Washington US100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 665 Chicago US54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 253 London UK39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 272

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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 readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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 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 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: 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 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualWellington, New Zealand -- health: 42 stories, carried by 30 outletsBengaluru, India -- health: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsNew Mexico, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 16 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 42 outletsCairo, Egypt -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsJakarta, Indonesia -- health: 17 stories, carried by 30 outletsColchester, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsGuangdong, China -- health: 11 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

● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 42 stories ● Bengaluru India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● New Mexico US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 28 stories ● Cairo Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health45% 8,777 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,624 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,400 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 1,760 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 1,141 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 722 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 556 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 477 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 killed4,263 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,945 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,555 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,056 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees642 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations227 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Japan Stories reporting people displaced189 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.