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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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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 lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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 lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: 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 lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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 readDR Congo: warmth about its own usualMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 12 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 16 stories, carried by 11 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsArabian Sea, India -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 15 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 21 stories, carried by 15 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsChennai, India -- health: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsLahore, Pakistan -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 10 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

● Mogadishu Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Cambridge UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Arabian Sea India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Glasgow UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories

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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