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16,901 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Khartoum (Sudan), people affected in Bangladesh and rights and justice in Tehran. Burkina Faso's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 42 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSudan 78 in 100 of its 86 stories, usually 52
RegionEast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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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Protests & strikes

Sudan

67 of its 86 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Khartoum accounted for 47 of Sudan's 67 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. 40 of Khartoum's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Health

Bangladesh

89 of its 182 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

103 of its 218 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tehran accounted for 69 of Iran's 103 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Myanmar

50 of its 63 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. 9 of Aung Hlaing's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

South Africa

229 of its 525 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 31 of Sharpeville's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Belgium

37 of its 98 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

934 of its 2,956 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

China

594 of its 1,985 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories). Plane crash was named in 79 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires and heavy rain.

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Health

Tunisia

40 of its 76 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tunis accounted for 32 of Tunisia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: polio in Malawi (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in China (79 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Norway (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in US (182 of its stories, about three 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 21 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 16,901 stories about harm among 75,231 counted on 21 Mar.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Sudan. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 75,231 stories, as usual. On 21 March 2021, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 22 today. In Sudan, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 52% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar79 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan78 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Tunisia53 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 41 · mostly health Iraq52 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong52 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 55 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kyiv Ukraine127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 472 Washington US105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 465 Moscow Russia99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 440 Khartoum Sudan40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 47 Sharpeville South Africa31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 56

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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 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 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readSenegal: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualChernivtsi, Ukraine -- displacement: 18 stories, carried by 64 outletsNew Jersey, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsDakar, Senegal -- shelter & services: 16 stories, carried by 20 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 18 outletsPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- health: 12 stories, carried by 22 outletsNatiaboani, Burkina Faso -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 20 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 35 stories, carried by 20 outletsHyderabad, India -- health: 15 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

● Chernivtsi Ukraine about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 18 stories ● New Jersey US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Dakar Senegal about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 16 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 28 stories ● Phnom Penh Cambodia 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 →

Health42% 6,941 stories · about as usual Rights & justice17% 2,882 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,232 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 1,970 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 859 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 753 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 611 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 killed3,849 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,078 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,214 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured913 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees606 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced369 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting evacuations229 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting abductions110 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 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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