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19,953 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 day's news pointed at the drought in Zimbabwe, deaths in Santiago and heavy rain in Indonesia. Yemen's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIraq 57 in 100 of its 68 stories, usually 37
RegionCentral Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

92 of its 267 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Harare accounted for 52 of Zimbabwe's 92 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories). Drought was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding and hurricane.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories → Harare stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Chile

19 of its 58 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Santiago accounted for 15 of Chile's 19 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

Chile over 30 days → its stories → Santiago stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

76 of its 246 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Heavy rain was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tsunami and earthquake. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Covid was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

China

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Gas explosion was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 41 of Iran's 66 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Liberia

17 of its 49 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Angola

9 of its 23 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Tunisia

13 of its 37 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). HIV was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Mozambique (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ghana (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in US (269 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); gas explosion in China (15 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hiv in Nigeria (18 of its stories, about 4 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 14 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 19,953 stories about harm among 114,908 counted on 14 Mar.

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Mozambique's news mentioned tropical storm more than ten times as often as usual. 17 in every 100 of the day's 114,908 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Zimbabwe, 34% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is usual. A year earlier, on 15 March 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine67 in 100 of its 433 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen67 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Israel62 in 100 of its 1,458 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq57 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia46 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 508 Kremlin Russia72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 157 London UK60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 316 Delhi India55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184 Gaza Palestine36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 227

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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 readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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 readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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'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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGrenada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 909 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 289 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 348 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 149 stories about harm ● New Zealand a little warmer than the world's · 124 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 46 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 6,328 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Rights & justice25% 4,886 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,685 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,554 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 919 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 860 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 743 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 533 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 killed4,318 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,286 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,009 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions489 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced289 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees251 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations168 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill29 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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