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What the world's news said happened to people.
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8,991 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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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Bogota, protests in Aung Hlaing (Myanmar) and plane crash in China. Colombia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostChina 36 in 100 of its 742 stories, usually 25
RegionCentral Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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

Colombia

79 of its 195 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Bogota accounted for 42 of Colombia's 79 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

28 of its 35 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Aung Hlaing accounted for 21 of Myanmar's 28 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. 14 of Aung Hlaing's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Aung Hlaing stories →
Health

China

270 of its 742 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (131 stories). Plane crash was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

China over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

El Salvador

18 of its 40 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Israel

175 of its 421 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jerusalem accounted for 85 of Israel's 175 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

72 of its 147 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tehran accounted for 55 of Iran's 72 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

18 of its 23 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Oman

13 of its 39 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories). HIV was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with tuberculosis. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

54 of its 100 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Philippines (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in US (55 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in UK (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in Ukraine (15 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); road crashes in India (12 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 27 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 8,991 stories about harm among 39,562 counted on 27 Mar.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 39,562 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Colombia. A year earlier, on 27 March 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. Colombia stood out: 41% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen63 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong58 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Kashmir54 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Iran49 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine48 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kyiv Ukraine53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 195 Lviv Ukraine39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146 Moscow Russia29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 158 Kabul Afghanistan25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 36 Washington US23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 187

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: too little coverage to readRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: 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: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: too little coverage to readIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. 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: too little coverage to readDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: too little coverage to readJammu & 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSomalia: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualMaldives: warmth about its own usualAddu Atoll, Maldives -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsMaine, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsHouston, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 27 stories, carried by 26 outletsKenora, Canada -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 19 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 42 stories, carried by 75 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 38 stories, carried by 23 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 25 outletsValletta, Malta -- health: 25 stories, carried by 35 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

● Addu Atoll Maldives about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Houston US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 27 stories ● Kenora Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Bogota Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 42 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health40% 3,596 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 1,444 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Rights & justice16% 1,436 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 1,051 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 398 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 378 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 370 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 218 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 killed2,206 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,057 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests657 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured614 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees281 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations207 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced149 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting abductions79 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria 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 harsher than 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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