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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.

Where the news was warmest

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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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSão 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: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: 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 lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: 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: 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: 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: 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: 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 readSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBoise, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 71 outletsSavannah River, US -- health: 27 stories, carried by 27 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 39 stories, carried by 39 outletsNorth Waziristan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 56 stories, carried by 44 outletsAdelaide, Australia -- health: 16 stories, carried by 18 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

● Boise US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Savannah River US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 27 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 39 stories ● North Waziristan Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 56 stories

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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