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9,139 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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Violence in Brussels, protests in Khartoum (Sudan) and a disaster in Dhaka drew the news. Belgium's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia →
Part of lifeHealth 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBelgium 64 in 100 of its 138 stories, usually 22
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Belgium

88 of its 138 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Brussels accounted for 74 of Belgium's 88 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories → Brussels stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

42 of its 53 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Khartoum accounted for 36 of Sudan's 42 stories about harm, carried by 6 outlets. 34 of Khartoum's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories).

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

92 of its 219 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Dhaka accounted for 57 of Bangladesh's 92 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Israel

153 of its 337 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tel Aviv accounted for 63 of Israel's 153 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

97 of its 228 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

549 of its 1,605 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (78 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

Iran

45 of its 105 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 13 of Tehran's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 324 of Ukraine's 815 stories about harm, carried by 666 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Norway

24 of its 56 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: polio in Malawi (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (15 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cyclone in India (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in UK (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); helicopter crash in US (15 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 9,139 stories about harm among 39,692 counted on 20 Mar.

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Belgium's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. of the day's 39,692 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia. Mentions of the polio ran about 4 times their usual in Malawi's news. A year earlier, on 20 March 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan79 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Hong Kong68 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 55 · mostly health Belgium64 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 22 · mostly conflict & violence Syria47 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Israel45 in 100 of its 337 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kyiv Ukraine75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 324 Moscow Russia44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 222 Washington US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 224 Kinzhal Russia35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 76 Khartoum Sudan34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 36

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: no storiesU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: no storiesTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: no storiesSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: no storiesPakistan: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: no storiesLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessPalestine: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: no storiesFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEthiopia: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: no storiesEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: no storiesBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessGaza: near the world's share or lessWest Bank: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesEast Jerusalem: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: no storiesSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 35 in 100 of its 106 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Yemen: 62 in 100 of its 39 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Vietnam: 38 in 100 of its 92 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Ukraine: 44 in 100 of its 1,834 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Tunisia: 62 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Tanzania: 56 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Syria: 47 in 100 of its 66 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Sudan: 79 in 100 of its 53 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Sri Lanka: 32 in 100 of its 115 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)South Africa: 35 in 100 of its 318 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Somalia: 56 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Singapore: 34 in 100 of its 73 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Saudi Arabia: 43 in 100 of its 228 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Rwanda: 56 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Russia: 34 in 100 of its 1,605 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Portugal: 38 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Poland: 37 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Philippines: 32 in 100 of its 349 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Peru: 45 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Norway: 43 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)New Zealand: 31 in 100 of its 315 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Malawi: 45 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Jamaica: 37 in 100 of its 108 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Israel: 45 in 100 of its 337 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Iraq: 46 in 100 of its 39 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Iran: 43 in 100 of its 105 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Haiti: 70 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Cuba: 41 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Côte d’Ivoire: 100 in 100 of its 5 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Hong Kong: 68 in 100 of its 63 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Cambodia: 47 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Myanmar: 57 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Belgium: 64 in 100 of its 138 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Bangladesh: 42 in 100 of its 219 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Afghanistan: 37 in 100 of its 115 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 36 in 100 of its 140 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 36 in 100 of its 140 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 36 in 100 of its 140 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Ukraine: 44 in 100 of its 1,834 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 36 in 100 of its 140 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 23 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Belgium 64 in 100 of its 138 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Sudan 79 in 100 of its 53 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Hong Kong 68 in 100 of its 63 stories · mostly health ● Ukraine 44 in 100 of its 1,834 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Israel 45 in 100 of its 337 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Saudi Arabia 43 in 100 of its 228 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health40% 3,578 stories · less than usual (usually 43%) Conflict & violence17% 1,552 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Rights & justice17% 1,512 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 967 stories · about as usual Displacement6% 513 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 362 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 320 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 212 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 killed2,437 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,310 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting people injured751 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting arrests716 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees440 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting evacuations261 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting people displaced217 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting abductions76 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.

● 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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