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17,549 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 the avalanche in Switzerland, protests in Amsterdam (Netherlands) and deaths in Santiago. Somalia's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSwitzerland 39 in 100 of its 263 stories, usually 16
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Switzerland

103 of its 263 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Zermatt accounted for 68 of Switzerland's 103 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (64 stories). Avalanche was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms and snowstorms. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Switzerland over 30 days → its stories → Zermatt stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Chile

36 of its 74 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Santiago accounted for 29 of Chile's 36 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories).

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

Indonesia

87 of its 266 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories). Landslides were named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with flooding, heavy rain and power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Yemen

45 of its 67 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. 9 of Sanaa's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

New Zealand

180 of its 671 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (69 stories).

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Health

Tanzania

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Spain

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

France

Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Indonesia (50 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (36 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Ghana (26 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); flooding in France (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); avalanche in Canada (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

16 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 17,549 stories about harm among 106,414 counted on 11 Mar.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 13 December 2019. 16 in every 100 of the day's 106,414 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. In Switzerland, 39% of the news was about people being harmed, where 16% is usual. On 12 March 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 16 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen67 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Israel63 in 100 of its 1,458 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine53 in 100 of its 492 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan49 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Chile49 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 21 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 441 Gaza Palestine69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 234 Hollywood US59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 261 Jerusalem Israel51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 233 Delhi India45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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 readSaudi Arabia: 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sHonduras: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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 readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGrenada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 915 stories about harm ● Spain about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 260 stories about harm ● Italy about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Türkiye few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 49 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 5,530 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice24% 4,050 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents14% 2,399 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,364 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,023 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 877 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 638 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 334 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 killed4,242 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,059 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,636 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured1,067 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions526 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced286 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees186 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations72 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill14 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 much 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.