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14,814 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 rights and justice in Tamaulipas, violence in Hamburg and protests in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). Germany's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMexico 52 in 100 of its 421 stories, usually 26
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Mexico

217 of its 421 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Tamaulipas accounted for 93 of Mexico's 217 stories about harm, carried by 197 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (110 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories → Tamaulipas stories →
Conflict & violence

Germany

319 of its 825 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Hamburg accounted for 226 of Germany's 319 stories about harm, carried by 445 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (128 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories → Hamburg stories →
Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

64 of its 291 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 26 of Riyadh's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Riyadh stories →
Health

Malaysia

102 of its 316 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Israel

Tel Aviv accounted for 91 of Israel's 175 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. 48 of Tel Aviv's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 47 of Iran's 70 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. 25 of Tehran's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

26 of its 48 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 9 of Baghdad's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Georgia

46 of its 77 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tbilisi accounted for 42 of Georgia's 46 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. 37 of Tbilisi's 42 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Health

Rwanda

28 of its 43 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Yemen

26 of its 30 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Oil spill was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Mozambique (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); oil spill in Yemen (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in India (77 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Iran (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in UK (95 of its stories, about 6 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 10 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 14,814 stories about harm among 74,898 counted on 10 Mar.

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In Mozambique's news, mentions of tropical storm ran about 5 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 74,898 stories, as usual. Mexico's news was 52% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. A year earlier, on 10 March 2022, 22 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 →

Palestine64 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Georgia60 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Syria57 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 70 · mostly disasters & accidents Tunisia52 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Mexico52 in 100 of its 421 stories · usually 26 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 520 Tel Aviv Israel48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91 London UK42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 219 Tbilisi Georgia37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 42 Delhi India32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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 readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGibraltar: coverage a little angrier than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Iraq few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Germany about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 319 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as fearful as the world's · 175 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 175 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 195 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 58 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 4,755 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 3,646 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,382 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence11% 1,561 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 788 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 712 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 499 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 243 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 killed3,482 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,608 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,343 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured828 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions225 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Mexico and the US Stories reporting refugees136 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting evacuations106 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced83 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people falling ill15 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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