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9,596 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 Moscow (Russia), volcanic eruption in Iceland and rights and justice in Cairo drew the news. Pakistan's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Iceland and India →
Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostIceland 88 in 100 of its 160 stories, usually 24
RegionCentral Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Russia

449 of its 983 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Moscow accounted for 289 of Russia's 449 stories about harm, carried by 733 outlets. 208 of Moscow's 289 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (87 stories). Landslides were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iceland

141 of its 160 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Grindavik accounted for 116 of Iceland's 141 stories about harm, carried by 431 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (55 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 116 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Iceland over 30 days → its stories → Grindavik stories →
Rights & justice

Egypt

79 of its 206 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Cairo accounted for 71 of Egypt's 79 stories about harm, carried by 246 outlets. Covid was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

183 of its 496 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Afghanistan

84 of its 127 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (58 stories). Road crashes were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Italy

66 of its 285 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 29 of Rome's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Heatwave was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought and storms.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

311 of its 1,007 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (134 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

54 of its 70 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

26 of its 65 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Moldova

14 of its 36 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Fiji (17 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heatwave in Italy (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in South Sudan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Afghanistan (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in China (21 of its stories, more than ten 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 17 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 9,596 stories about harm among 52,909 counted on 17 Mar.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Iceland and India. 18 in every 100 of the day's 52,909 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Russia. On 18 March 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 18 today. Russia's news was 46% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%. This week the news turned most often to Russia, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iceland88 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 24 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia77 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Israel66 in 100 of its 838 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan66 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 39 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine61 in 100 of its 252 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia208 stories about protests or strikes, of its 289 Washington US75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 298 Jerusalem Israel72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 208 Rome Italy29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 35 Cairo Egypt23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 71

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'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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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 readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi 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: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: feelings about like the world'sJammu & 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful 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 a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: 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 · 183 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 555 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 449 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 154 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 123 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 2,381 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Rights & justice25% 2,349 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 1,678 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents17% 1,582 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 508 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 332 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 311 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 280 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 killed2,616 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured824 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions309 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced185 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations177 at about three times the usual rate · most about Iceland and India Stories reporting refugees144 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill8 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 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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