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20,361 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, violence in Ndjamena and the drought in Zambia drew the news. Russia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBangladesh 68 in 100 of its 390 stories, usually 30
RegionSouth Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

266 of its 390 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Dhaka accounted for 231 of Bangladesh's 266 stories about harm, carried by 343 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (132 stories). Building collapse was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Conflict & violence

Chad

36 of its 58 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Ndjamena accounted for 25 of Chad's 36 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Chad over 30 days → its stories → Ndjamena stories →
Shelter & services

Zambia

18 of its 32 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Drought was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

New Zealand

Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 66 of Iran's 111 stories about harm, carried by 293 outlets. 41 of Tehran's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Tanzania

24 of its 51 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Ghana

180 of its 623 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Power cuts were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

its stories →
Displacement

Rwanda

36 of its 52 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories).

its stories →
Displacement

Mozambique

16 of its 25 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in New Zealand (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ghana (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); snowstorms in Ireland (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in UK (32 of its stories, more than ten 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 1 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 20,361 stories about harm among 112,234 counted on 1 Mar.

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In Zambia's news, mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 112,234 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, 68% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. A year earlier, on 2 March 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Over February, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 in February 2023.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel71 in 100 of its 1,298 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda69 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 47 · mostly displacement Bangladesh68 in 100 of its 390 stories · usually 30 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine67 in 100 of its 478 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan64 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 575 Moscow Russia128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 301 Dubbo Australia73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 76 New York US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 240 Gaza Palestine47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 290

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'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'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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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 readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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'sBelgium: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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'sVatican City: 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTogo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTimor-Leste: 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 warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice 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 angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJersey: 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

● Russia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 402 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 923 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 266 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 322 stories about harm ● Chad few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 36 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,871 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 5,215 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 3,131 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,605 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,130 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 890 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 751 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 387 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 killed5,293 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,018 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,624 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting abductions453 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees229 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced219 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Sudan Stories reporting evacuations135 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 softer 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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