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19,769 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Kabul, protests in Sharpeville (South Africa) and the hunger in Sudan drew the news. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHaiti 68 in 100 of its 205 stories, usually 51
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

113 of its 190 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kabul accounted for 61 of Afghanistan's 113 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Sudan

69 of its 102 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Darfur accounted for 27 of Sudan's 69 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Hunger was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

94 of its 310 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Haiti

139 of its 205 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 105 of Haiti's 139 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (40 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cameroon

10 of its 22 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 4 of Cameroun's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 133 of Ukraine's 254 stories about harm, carried by 247 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 193 of Palestine's 241 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Venezuela

25 of its 50 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Chad

18 of its 42 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Fiji (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in India (20 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); train derailment in Australia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Israel (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plague in UK (12 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 21 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 19,769 stories about harm among 116,998 counted on 21 Mar.

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Mentions of the hunger ran about three times their usual in Sudan's news. of the day's 116,998 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Afghanistan stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 42%. On 22 March 2023, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti68 in 100 of its 205 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan68 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 58 · mostly displacement Israel60 in 100 of its 1,410 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 403 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 190 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 268 Washington US82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 526 Jerusalem Israel49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186 Boston US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 London UK27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 234

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: near the world's share or lessSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: no storiesOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: no storiesEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessJammu & Kashmir: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: near the world's share or lessMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: near the world's share or lessSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: near the world's share or lessZimbabwe: 28 in 100 of its 217 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Zambia: 29 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Yemen: 65 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Venezuela: 50 in 100 of its 50 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Ukraine: 31 in 100 of its 814 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Trinidad & Tobago: 26 in 100 of its 81 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Taiwan: 26 in 100 of its 178 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Syria: 43 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Suriname: 67 in 100 of its 6 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)South Sudan: 47 in 100 of its 36 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Sudan: 68 in 100 of its 102 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Sri Lanka: 32 in 100 of its 139 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)South Africa: 37 in 100 of its 500 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Somalia: 54 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Sierra Leone: 42 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Senegal: 46 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Rwanda: 33 in 100 of its 81 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Russia: 28 in 100 of its 972 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Philippines: 24 in 100 of its 536 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Pakistan: 30 in 100 of its 815 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Nigeria: 26 in 100 of its 1,574 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Niger: 43 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Mozambique: 33 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Mongolia: 46 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Mexico: 22 in 100 of its 389 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Malawi: 27 in 100 of its 86 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Madagascar: 30 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Liberia: 24 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Lebanon: 32 in 100 of its 87 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Israel: 60 in 100 of its 1,410 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 60 in 100 of its 403 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Iraq: 29 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Iran: 48 in 100 of its 102 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Indonesia: 30 in 100 of its 310 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Iceland: 27 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Haiti: 68 in 100 of its 205 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Guinea: 47 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Grenada: 57 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Gambia: 27 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Gabon: 67 in 100 of its 6 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Fiji: 32 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Ethiopia: 25 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Denmark: 26 in 100 of its 204 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Cuba: 27 in 100 of its 71 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Congo: 57 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Chad: 43 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Cameroon: 45 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Myanmar: 65 in 100 of its 34 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Burkina Faso: 89 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Belarus: 31 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Bangladesh: 26 in 100 of its 229 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Argentina: 25 in 100 of its 106 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Algeria: 36 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Afghanistan: 59 in 100 of its 190 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 60 in 100 of its 403 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 60 in 100 of its 403 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Ukraine: 31 in 100 of its 814 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 60 in 100 of its 403 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 17 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Israel 60 in 100 of its 1,410 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Haiti 68 in 100 of its 205 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 60 in 100 of its 403 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Sudan 68 in 100 of its 102 stories · mostly displacement ● Afghanistan 59 in 100 of its 190 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Iran 48 in 100 of its 102 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 6,053 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 5,034 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,613 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,529 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 976 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 877 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 789 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 492 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 killed4,368 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,323 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,246 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,001 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions447 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees300 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced251 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill17 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 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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