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19,927 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to rights and justice in Bucharest, protests in Acapulco (Mexico) and the avalanche in Switzerland. Yemen's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRomania 49 in 100 of its 333 stories, usually 11
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Romania

162 of its 333 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Bucharest accounted for 133 of Romania's 162 stories about harm, carried by 446 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Protests & strikes

Mexico

117 of its 431 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 7 of Acapulco's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories → Acapulco stories →
Disasters & accidents

Switzerland

70 of its 270 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Avalanche was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Switzerland over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

50 of its 65 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

New Zealand

191 of its 686 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (71 stories). Avalanche was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Nepal

30 of its 97 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Kathmandu accounted for 22 of Nepal's 30 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. 11 of Kathmandu's 22 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

Baalbek accounted for 36 of Lebanon's 51 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Ghana

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Poisoning was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts and food poisoning. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Power cuts were named in 15 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

Jerusalem accounted for 240 of Israel's 988 stories about harm, carried by 362 outlets. Natural hazards were named in 11 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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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Indonesia (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Haiti (42 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in Pakistan (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Ghana (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in Ireland (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 19,927 stories about harm among 115,005 counted on 12 Mar.

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Romania's news was 49% about people being harmed, against a usual 11%. of the day's 115,005 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 13 March 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 today.

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Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen77 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Syria66 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Israel66 in 100 of its 1,496 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan57 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine55 in 100 of its 407 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 579 Jerusalem Israel65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 240 Port-au-Prince Haiti62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 200 Delhi India59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221 London UK38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 327

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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 lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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 readNamibia: 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: 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 lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: 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: 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 readKenya: 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 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readChina: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: 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 lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readThailand: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMauritius: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualBangkok, Thailand -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 31 outletsMontana, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsNebraska, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 19 outletsAttawapiskat, Canada -- shelter & services: 21 stories, carried by 21 outletsPrestatyn, UK -- health: 58 stories, carried by 117 outletsAmsterdam, Netherlands -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 21 stories, carried by 13 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

● Bangkok Thailand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 24 stories ● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Nebraska US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Attawapiskat Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 21 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 5,992 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 5,024 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,596 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,578 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 1,106 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,095 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 749 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 431 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 killed4,646 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,103 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,259 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions613 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees258 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced243 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations93 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Russia Stories reporting people falling ill28 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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