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10,068 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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The news turned to violence in the Red Sea, protests in Port-au-Prince (Haiti) and abductions in Switzerland. Djibouti's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostDjibouti 74 in 100 of its 76 stories, usually 38
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Djibouti

56 of its 76 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. the Red Sea accounted for 56 of Djibouti's 56 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Accidents were named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Djibouti over 30 days → its stories → Red Sea stories →
Protests & strikes

Haiti

56 of its 77 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 36 of Haiti's 56 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. 20 of Port-au-Prince's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories).

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Rights & justice

Switzerland

33 of its 145 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Ukraine

206 of its 454 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (79 stories). Building collapse was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

780 of its 1,059 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Jerusalem accounted for 214 of Israel's 780 stories about harm, carried by 427 outlets. Hunger was named in 181 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

54 of its 63 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Accidents were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

24 of its 26 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Pakistan

Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Landslides were named in 49 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, flooding and power cuts. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Malaysia

89 of its 334 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (39 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: accidents in Yemen (31 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); illness in Norway (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Israel (181 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Pakistan (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (16 of its stories, about 6 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 3 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 10,068 stories about harm among 54,285 counted on 3 Mar.

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Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 54,285 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Djibouti stood out: 74% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 38%. On 4 March 2023, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Chad, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen86 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Djibouti74 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Israel74 in 100 of its 1,059 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti73 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine65 in 100 of its 330 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 214 Washington US73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 235 Gaza Palestine46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 187 Islamabad Pakistan34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74 London UK28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147

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 lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readN. 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: too little coverage to readCongo: 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 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 lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualJamnagar, India -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsMissouri, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 28 outletsOttawa, Canada -- health: 10 stories, carried by 21 outletsMinnesota, US -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 27 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsCape Town, South Africa -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsWhite Island, New Zealand -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 11 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

● Jamnagar India about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Missouri US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Ottawa Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Minnesota US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories ● Cambridge UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 2,690 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 2,332 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 1,765 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents17% 1,687 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 466 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 360 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 319 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 199 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 killed2,614 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,243 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,081 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured847 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting abductions331 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced174 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations83 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 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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