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18,846 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 violence in Kaduna, rights and justice in Panama City and arrests in Singapore. Nigeria's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 48 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostNigeria 40 in 100 of its 1,109 stories, usually 25
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

445 of its 1,109 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Kaduna accounted for 215 of Nigeria's 445 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Train derailment was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories → Kaduna stories →
Health

Singapore

66 of its 199 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Israel

333 of its 633 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jerusalem accounted for 145 of Israel's 333 stories about harm, carried by 182 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (39 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.

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Conflict & violence

Mexico

98 of its 285 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

26 of its 48 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Philippines

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with earthquake. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Poisoning was named in 86 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Lesotho

16 of its 25 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Maseru accounted for 13 of Lesotho's 16 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Türkiye (24 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); poisoning in Ukraine (86 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Bangladesh (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in China (27 of its stories, more than ten 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 29 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 18,846 stories about harm among 86,496 counted on 29 Mar.

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Mentions of outbreaks ran about 9 times their usual in Türkiye's news. of the day's 86,496 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 29 March 2021, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 22 today. Nigeria's news was 40% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria61 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Israel53 in 100 of its 633 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia50 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen47 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan46 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 558 Kyiv Ukraine62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 418 Moscow Russia47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 279 Hawaii US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 47 Jerusalem Israel34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145

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 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readWestern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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 lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualArizona, US -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 11 outletsDoha, Qatar -- health: 20 stories, carried by 11 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 40 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 28 stories, carried by 24 outletsNewport, UK -- health: 21 stories, carried by 32 outletsGreat Barrier Reef, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 13 outletsMaryland, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsJeddah, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 17 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

● Azerbaijan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 25 stories ● Doha Qatar about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Darfur Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Bristol UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories ● Newport UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health48% 8,913 stories · much more than usual (usually 42%) Rights & justice17% 3,239 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 2,048 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,882 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 870 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 604 stories · less than usual (usually 6%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 592 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 516 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 killed3,827 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,703 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting arrests1,486 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured795 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees403 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced211 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations199 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions167 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill14 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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