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19,863 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Tel Aviv, protests in les Cayes (Haiti) and volcanic eruption in the Philippines. Israel's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 46 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIsrael 62 in 100 of its 658 stories, usually 38
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 34 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

Israel

408 of its 658 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tel Aviv accounted for 223 of Israel's 408 stories about harm, carried by 268 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (61 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Tel Aviv stories →
Protests & strikes

Haiti

28 of its 41 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. les Cayes accounted for 20 of Haiti's 28 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. 19 of les Cayes' 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Les Cayes stories →
Health

Philippines

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Nigeria

366 of its 1,160 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Train derailment was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 465 of Ukraine's 1,005 stories about harm, carried by 572 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (193 stories). Drownings were named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

41 of its 65 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

39 of its 65 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kivu accounted for 21 of Rwanda's 39 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 28 of Yemen's 46 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Congo

22 of its 32 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Egypt (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Saudi Arabia (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Türkiye (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Ukraine (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Nigeria (12 of its stories, about 8 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 30 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 19,863 stories about harm among 87,797 counted on 30 Mar.

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In Saudi Arabia's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 7 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 87,797 stories, as usual. Israel's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 38%. On 30 March 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria67 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen62 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Israel62 in 100 of its 658 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda60 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kyiv Ukraine121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 465 Washington US121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 658 Moscow Russia68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 296 Tel Aviv Israel44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 223 Boston US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: 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 readTrinidad & 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: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelize: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualMorecambe Bay, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsMontana, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 21 outletsMussoorie, India -- health: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsNuffield, UK -- health: 25 stories, carried by 130 outletsCanberra, Australia -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 13 outletsIowa, US -- health: 28 stories, carried by 28 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 47 stories, carried by 31 outletsHelsinki, Finland -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 32 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

● Hong Kong warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Morecambe Bay UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Mussoorie India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Nuffield UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 25 stories ● Canberra Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health46% 9,047 stories · more than usual (usually 43%) Rights & justice17% 3,415 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,464 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 2,074 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 824 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 706 stories · less than usual (usually 6%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 582 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 541 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 killed4,298 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,021 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,662 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured895 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees675 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced327 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting abductions189 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations163 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill12 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
● 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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