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19,485 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 landslides in Russia, a disaster in Tripoli and people displaced in Port-au-Prince. Russia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 46 in 100 of its 275 stories, usually 24
RegionCentral Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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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Conflict & violence

Russia

681 of its 1,462 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Moscow accounted for 520 of Russia's 681 stories about harm, carried by 748 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Landslides were named in 75 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding and power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Libya

28 of its 42 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tripoli accounted for 18 of Libya's 28 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Ukraine

337 of its 901 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

62 of its 117 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kabul accounted for 40 of Afghanistan's 62 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

127 of its 275 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Tsunami was named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake and volcanic eruption.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

33 of its 59 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

45 of its 66 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Plague was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Displacement

DR Congo

9 of its 11 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in UK (522 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Syria (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Egypt (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tuberculosis in South Africa (12 of its stories, about 4 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 22 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 19,485 stories about harm among 109,693 counted on 22 Mar.

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In Indonesia's news, mentions of the tsunami ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 109,693 stories, as usual. Russia's news was 47% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria68 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine64 in 100 of its 415 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti63 in 100 of its 197 stories · usually 51 · mostly displacement Israel62 in 100 of its 1,354 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan61 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India330 stories about protests or strikes, of its 541 Moscow Russia135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 520 Washington US64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 472 Tel Aviv Israel35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137 Jerusalem Israel34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: 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: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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 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 readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrunei: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: 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'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMarshall Islands: coverage a little angrier than 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 · 223 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 681 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 337 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 267 stories about harm ● Libya few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 837 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 5,852 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 5,052 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,652 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,524 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 922 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 798 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 745 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 534 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 killed4,458 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,449 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,231 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,258 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions550 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced333 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees258 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations232 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Russia and Haiti Stories reporting people falling ill20 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 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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