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17,361 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, illness in Havana and protests in Sofia (Bulgaria). Iran's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 46 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIran 56 in 100 of its 199 stories, usually 31
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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

Iran

111 of its 199 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tehran accounted for 52 of Iran's 111 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Cuba

27 of its 51 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Havana accounted for 15 of Cuba's 27 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Rights & justice

Peru

32 of its 84 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Syria

Damascus accounted for 18 of Syria's 50 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Israel

135 of its 300 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories).

its stories →
Health

Finland

21 of its 69 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

Cambodia

37 of its 69 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Phnom Penh accounted for 16 of Cambodia's 37 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

10 of its 21 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Health

Panama

17 of its 44 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (18 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); respiratory illness in Ukraine (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Russia (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 17,361 stories about harm among 78,324 counted on 18 Mar.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Iran. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 78,324 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 18 March 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. In Iran, 56% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria64 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Iran56 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan55 in 100 of its 179 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Cambodia54 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 41 · mostly health Cuba53 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 32 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 405 Washington US102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 528 Kyiv Ukraine35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 349 London UK32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228 Manhattan US26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra 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 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'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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 readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape 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'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: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 871 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 1,281 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 111 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories a little warmer than the world's · 24 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 55 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health46% 7,818 stories · about as usual Rights & justice18% 3,152 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,973 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,659 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 834 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 718 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 532 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 468 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 killed3,756 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,914 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,369 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured942 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees642 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations218 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced217 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US

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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