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13,524 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 a disaster in Sfax, protests in Paris (France) and violence in Copenhagen. Denmark's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostTunisia 82 in 100 of its 84 stories, usually 47
RegionSouth Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Disasters & accidents

Tunisia

69 of its 84 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Sfax accounted for 31 of Tunisia's 69 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (60 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Sfax stories →
Protests & strikes

France

157 of its 634 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 50 of Paris' 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (47 stories). Drought was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Conflict & violence

Denmark

31 of its 84 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Copenhagen accounted for 20 of Denmark's 31 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Spain

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Wildfires were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

65 of Jerusalem's 122 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Chad

14 of its 38 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Cuba

31 of its 72 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 52 of Bangladesh's 92 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 30 of Syria's 81 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Spain (20 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in Vietnam (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Uganda (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in US (610 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in Iran (11 of its stories, about 7 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 26 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 13,524 stories about harm among 73,717 counted on 26 Mar.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 73,717 stories, below the usual 20. A year earlier, on 26 March 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Venezuela, on 3 of 6 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tunisia82 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen69 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Syria66 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq46 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 395 Jerusalem Israel65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 122 Manhattan US63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135 Paris France50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 73 Delhi India48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 163

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle 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: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: 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'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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 readCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Bangladesh about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 92 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 206 stories about harm ● Denmark few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 101 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 3,858 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Rights & justice25% 3,349 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 2,513 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,639 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 692 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 547 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 402 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 275 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 killed3,575 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,653 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,331 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,114 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting people displaced214 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting refugees150 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions118 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations78 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Spain and the US Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Germany and Nigeria

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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