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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.

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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).

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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.

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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).

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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.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readWestern 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 readKazakhstan: 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 lessItaly: 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 lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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 readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: 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 lessAzerbaijan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: too little coverage to readAksai 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: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 lessZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualNinewells, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 103 outletsKatsina, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsBarcelona, Spain -- health: 13 stories, carried by 22 outletsAlger, Algeria -- health: 19 stories, carried by 11 outletsBlackrock, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 28 stories, carried by 16 outletsSeattle, US -- disasters & accidents: 40 stories, carried by 42 outletsVictoria Falls, Zimbabwe -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 40 outletsBoise, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 14 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

● Ninewells UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Katsina Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Barcelona Spain about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Alger Algeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Blackrock UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 28 stories

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.