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11,286 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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Protests in Tehran (Iran), flooding in Indonesia and violence in Sanaa drew the news. Yemen's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHong Kong 40 in 100 of its 86 stories, usually 17
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Iran

60 of its 106 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tehran accounted for 34 of Iran's 60 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. 26 of Tehran's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

48 of its 128 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (33 stories). Flooding was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with landslides and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

32 of its 43 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Sanaa accounted for 24 of Yemen's 32 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

345 of its 1,056 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Djibouti

33 of its 57 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. the Red Sea accounted for 33 of Djibouti's 33 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

United Arab Emirates

29 of its 108 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Dubai accounted for 25 of the United Arab Emirates' 29 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Heavy rain was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Hong Kong

34 of its 86 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Peru

13 of its 37 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

12 of its 33 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Romania

5 of Rosia Montana's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Ghana (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in United Arab Emirates (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Germany (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in Israel (63 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in India (14 of its stories, about 4 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 9 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 11,286 stories about harm among 64,405 counted on 9 Mar.

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Mentions of flooding ran about 7 times their usual in Indonesia's news. of the day's 64,405 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 10 March 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Iran's news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 46%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel69 in 100 of its 846 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine65 in 100 of its 362 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Djibouti58 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Iran57 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Sudan52 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 311 Gaza Palestine45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 206 London UK40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 139 Moscow Russia30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91 Tehran Iran26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 34

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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: 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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: 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: too little coverage to readJammu & 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 168 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 584 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 237 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Djibouti few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 177 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 3,199 stories · about as usual Rights & justice27% 3,030 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 1,589 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 1,530 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 632 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 433 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 416 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 220 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 killed2,854 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,324 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,110 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured687 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions453 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees129 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations61 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about the usual rate

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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