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11,843 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at evacuations in Yemen, illness in Norway and protests in Tehran (Iran). Yemen's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostYemen 76 in 100 of its 101 stories, usually 54
RegionSouth Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

77 of its 101 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Accidents were named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Norway

22 of its 60 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Illness was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Norway over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 50 of Iran's 79 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. 35 of Tehran's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Rights & justice

Ghana

84 of its 314 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Power cuts were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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

Israel

680 of its 913 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (284 stories). Hunger was named in 172 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Haiti

35 of its 53 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 23 of Haiti's 35 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Djibouti

21 of its 41 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. the Red Sea accounted for 21 of Djibouti's 21 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Chad

28 of its 47 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Ndjamena accounted for 22 of Chad's 28 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

194 of its 457 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Denmark

14 of its 46 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 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: hunger in Israel (172 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Palestine (62 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in Djibouti (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in Afghanistan (12 of its stories, about 9 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 2 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 11,843 stories about harm among 63,741 counted on 2 Mar.

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Israel's news mentioned the hunger about 4 times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 63,741 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Yemen, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 54% is usual. A year earlier, on 3 March 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen76 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Israel74 in 100 of its 913 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti66 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine66 in 100 of its 353 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Iran46 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 346 Tehran Iran35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 50 Moscow Russia35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 117 Gaza Palestine31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 208 London UK30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 162

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualMinnesota, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 17 outletsKentucky, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsQuebec, Canada -- health: 37 stories, carried by 48 outletsAccra, Ghana -- shelter & services: 27 stories, carried by 10 outletsNdjamena, Chad -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 49 outletsHarare, Zimbabwe -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 25 outletsToronto, Canada -- health: 51 stories, carried by 74 outletsRochdale, UK -- conflict & violence: 63 stories, carried by 192 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

● Minnesota US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Kentucky US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Quebec Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 37 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 27 stories ● Ndjamena Chad about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 3,137 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 2,948 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 1,971 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence16% 1,832 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 689 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 428 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 363 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 227 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 killed3,216 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,396 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,243 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,181 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting abductions313 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced106 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations76 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Ukraine Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about 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 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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