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14,880 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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A disaster in Dhaka, rights and justice in Tamaulipas and protests in Minsk (Belarus) drew the news. Bosnia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Mexico and the US →
Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMexico 53 in 100 of its 535 stories, usually 22
RegionCentral Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

168 of its 269 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Dhaka accounted for 120 of Bangladesh's 168 stories about harm, carried by 257 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (78 stories). Accidents were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Rights & justice

Mexico

283 of its 535 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Tamaulipas accounted for 178 of Mexico's 283 stories about harm, carried by 477 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (177 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories → Tamaulipas stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

47 of its 86 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Minsk accounted for 41 of Belarus' 47 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. 21 of Minsk's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

9 of its 12 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Iran

27 of Tehran's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (39 stories). Poisoning was named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

18 of its 27 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tbilisi accounted for 18 of Georgia's 18 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. 17 of Tbilisi's 18 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

51 of its 96 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Baghdad accounted for 38 of Iraq's 51 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

218 of its 603 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Oil spill was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides.

its stories →
Health

Ghana

74 of its 290 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Measles was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Nepal

13 of its 31 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 4 of Kathmandu's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Iran (53 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Indonesia (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Peru (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Philippines (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in Ireland (18 of its stories, about 10 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 7 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 14,880 stories about harm among 74,611 counted on 7 Mar.

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Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Mexico and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 74,611 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, 62% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual. A year earlier, on 7 March 2022, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine73 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh62 in 100 of its 269 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria58 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia58 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 49 · mostly rights & justice Belarus55 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 523 Atlanta US80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 103 Boston US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147 Tehran Iran27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 47 Jerusalem Israel27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61

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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: 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: 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: 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 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 readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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: 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 lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualOregon, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsIndian Wells, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 20 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 17 outletsMelbourne, Australia -- health: 26 stories, carried by 18 outletsYorkshire, UK -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 27 stories, carried by 25 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

● Oregon US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Indian Wells US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Ankara Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Lagos Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 28 stories ● Melbourne Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 26 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 4,843 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Rights & justice25% 3,725 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents16% 2,309 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence11% 1,547 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 732 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 638 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 533 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 321 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 killed3,339 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,559 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,538 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured985 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions350 at about three times the usual rate · most about Mexico and the US Stories reporting refugees217 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced131 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting evacuations117 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 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.