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17,786 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 illness in Havana, protests in Moscow (Russia) and violence in Khost. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCuba 76 in 100 of its 138 stories, usually 26
RegionCentral Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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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Health

Cuba

105 of its 138 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Havana accounted for 83 of Cuba's 105 stories about harm, carried by 214 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Illness was named in 45 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Protests & strikes

Russia

Moscow accounted for 406 of Russia's 607 stories about harm, carried by 873 outlets. 260 of Moscow's 406 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Landslides were named in 109 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.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

99 of its 162 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Khost accounted for 53 of Afghanistan's 99 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Khost stories →
Displacement

Haiti

122 of its 210 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 89 of Haiti's 122 stories about harm, carried by 247 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (18 stories). Hunger was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Iceland

77 of its 106 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Grindavik accounted for 56 of Iceland's 77 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

South Sudan

32 of its 39 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories). Heatwave was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

271 of its 803 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Gambia

29 of its 56 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 3 of Kotu's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Slovakia

13 of its 32 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Somalia

35 of its 55 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: heatwave in South Sudan (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (46 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); building collapse in India (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); rubella in Canada (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); accidents in US (25 of its stories, about 5 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 18 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 17,786 stories about harm among 101,788 counted on 18 Mar.

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Cuba's news was 76% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. of the day's 101,788 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 19 March 2023, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cuba76 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 26 · mostly health Iceland73 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel68 in 100 of its 1,454 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia64 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 48 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 162 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia260 stories about protests or strikes, of its 406 Washington US136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 700 London UK59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 327 Jerusalem Israel35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143 Havana Cuba33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83

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'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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 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'sRwanda: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: 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 readAlbania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: 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 more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful 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'sParaguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as 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'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 · 271 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 99 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 983 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 204 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 607 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 5,398 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 4,459 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,456 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,423 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 839 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 706 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 675 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 486 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 killed3,938 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,119 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,959 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions496 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced307 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees222 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations199 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Iceland Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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 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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