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14,570 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Lahore (Pakistan), the cyclone in Malawi and violence in Tigray drew the news. Malawi's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMalawi 84 in 100 of its 132 stories, usually 43
RegionCentral Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

370 of its 844 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Lahore accounted for 151 of Pakistan's 370 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. 98 of Lahore's 151 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (111 stories). Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Lahore stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malawi

111 of its 132 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (47 stories). Cyclone was named in 94 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides, tropical storm and storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Malawi over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

40 of its 79 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tigray accounted for 31 of Ethiopia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
Displacement

Afghanistan

58 of its 101 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Kabul accounted for 33 of Afghanistan's 58 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

38 of its 47 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Landslides were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 29 of Syria's 62 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Cholera was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Colombia

30 of its 56 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Senegal

15 of its 24 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Dakar accounted for 15 of Senegal's 15 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. 11 of Dakar's 15 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

18 of Tehran's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Austria

23 of its 70 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Türkiye (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Mozambique (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Argentina (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Syria (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in India (48 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 14,570 stories about harm among 79,525 counted on 15 Mar.

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18 in every 100 of the day's 79,525 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. On 15 March 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Malawi84 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 43 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria70 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 48 · mostly displacement Colombia54 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine52 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Lahore Pakistan98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 151 Washington US83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 397 London UK60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 203 Islamabad Pakistan54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112 Moscow Russia36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129

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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: too little coverage to readItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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 lessBelgium: 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualAdelaide, Australia -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsOklahoma, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsPennsylvania, US -- health: 29 stories, carried by 19 outletsWest Yorkshire, UK -- health: 19 stories, carried by 18 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsTigray, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 53 outletsLanarkshire, UK -- health: 36 stories, carried by 13 outletsOttawa, Canada -- health: 15 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Adelaide Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Oklahoma US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Pennsylvania US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 29 stories ● West Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Geneva Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 4,668 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 3,578 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,239 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence10% 1,369 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 884 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 718 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 609 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 261 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 killed2,980 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,494 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,475 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured865 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees128 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting abductions117 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Mexico and the US Stories reporting evacuations99 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about two-thirds of 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 much 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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