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15,611 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to a disaster in Larissa, protests in Tehran (Iran) and abductions in Russia. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostGreece 62 in 100 of its 358 stories, usually 27
RegionSoutheast Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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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Disasters & accidents

Greece

222 of its 358 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Larissa accounted for 125 of Greece's 222 stories about harm, carried by 181 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (185 stories). Heavy rain was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Larissa stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 54 of Iran's 109 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. 29 of Tehran's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Poisoning was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

351 of its 1,241 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Storms were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought and heatwave. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Poland

21 of its 68 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 3 of Warsaw's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

96 of its 314 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Flooding was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with heavy rain and landslides.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

56 of Tel Aviv's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Finland

50 of its 138 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Helsinki accounted for 35 of Finland's 50 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets.

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Disasters & accidents

Vanuatu

13 of its 17 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Cyclone was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Norway

40 of its 133 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 12 of Fosen's 13 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Cuba (32 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (50 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); covid in Egypt (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Vanuatu (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); volcanic eruption in Chile (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 15,611 stories about harm among 78,956 counted on 2 Mar.

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The news turned to Greece for the second day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 78,956 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Azerbaijan's news, mentions of Covid ran about 9 times their usual. Greece stood out: 62% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. On 2 March 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine76 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Greece62 in 100 of its 358 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria56 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 72 · mostly disasters & accidents Türkiye55 in 100 of its 244 stories · usually 69 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran45 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 529 Larissa Greece60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125 Tel Aviv Israel56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 73 Athens Greece45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68 Chicago US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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 readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: 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 readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi 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: 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: too little coverage to readPoland: too little coverage to readPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: 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 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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 lessIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: too little coverage to readEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: too little coverage to readEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readChad: 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: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualIndiana, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsNew Hampshire, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 16 outletsLeuven, Belgium -- health: 21 stories, carried by 21 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 37 stories, carried by 30 outletsHawke Bay, New Zealand -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 10 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

● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Indiana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● New Hampshire US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Leuven Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Lagos Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 37 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health35% 5,338 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Rights & justice22% 3,426 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 2,769 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,623 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 815 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 613 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 524 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 301 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 killed3,287 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,519 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,441 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured958 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees168 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations119 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced103 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iran 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 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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