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6,905 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Chisinau (Moldova), a disaster in Baghdad and people affected in Italy. Italy's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostMexico 44 in 100 of its 169 stories, usually 29
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Moldova

21 of its 29 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Chisinau accounted for 19 of Moldova's 21 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. 19 of Chisinau's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories).

Moldova over 30 days → its stories → Chisinau stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

32 of its 51 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Baghdad accounted for 23 of Iraq's 32 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Natural hazards were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

71 of its 261 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Japan

62 of its 295 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Tsunami was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Syria

61 of its 76 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Masyaf accounted for 29 of Syria's 61 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

54 of its 83 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Uganda

19 of its 38 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 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.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

123 of its 375 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

28 of its 64 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche.

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Rights & justice

Netherlands

14 of its 55 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mozambique (20 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in Saudi Arabia (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in US (189 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in India (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 6,905 stories about harm among 35,727 counted on 12 Mar.

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Moldova's news was 72% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. of the day's 35,727 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Mozambique's news mentioned the hurricane about 7 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 12 March 2022, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Bangladesh, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria80 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine79 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan65 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq63 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Iran48 in 100 of its 225 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 180 Tel Aviv Israel47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93 Tehran Iran19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 79 Chisinau Moldova19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 19 Delhi India18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: too little coverage to readEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readColombia: too little coverage to readChina: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: too little coverage to readBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readItaly: warmth about its own usualOregon, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsMilan, Italy -- health: 20 stories, carried by 95 outletsMinnesota, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 16 outletsHyderabad, India -- health: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 154 outletsToronto, Canada -- health: 21 stories, carried by 23 outletsManchester, UK -- health: 30 stories, carried by 22 outletsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia -- food & livelihood: 34 stories, carried by 88 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 · 10 stories ● Milan Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Minnesota US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Hyderabad India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 1,935 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Rights & justice24% 1,653 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 1,290 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 950 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 321 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 273 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 230 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 125 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 killed1,854 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests809 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected792 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured509 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions106 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Mexico and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations96 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people displaced76 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees53 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and Ukraine

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 much harsher 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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