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12,749 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Moscow, people killed in the Bahamas and arrests in Hong Kong. Russia's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Russia and the US → Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Russia and India →
Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostRussia 81 in 100 of its 2,148 stories, usually 31
RegionCentral Asia 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Russia

1,743 of its 2,148 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Moscow accounted for 1,584 of Russia's 1,743 stories about harm, carried by 1,405 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (114 stories). Power cuts were named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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

Bahamas

34 of its 59 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bahamas over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Hong Kong

45 of its 111 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Ukraine

153 of its 367 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Power cuts were named in 33 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.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

37 of its 46 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Sanaa accounted for 20 of Yemen's 37 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

46 of its 78 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kabul accounted for 20 of Afghanistan's 46 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Nigeria

359 of its 1,108 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 104 of Palestine's 131 stories about harm, carried by 273 outlets. Flooding was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Haiti

Port-au-Prince accounted for 31 of Haiti's 45 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in UK (447 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Papua New Guinea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Brazil (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Haiti (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 17; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 12,749 stories about harm among 62,456 counted on 23 Mar.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 6 January 2024. 20 in every 100 of the day's 62,456 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 17. In Papua New Guinea's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Russia and the US. Russia's news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Russia81 in 100 of its 2,148 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine64 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Israel62 in 100 of its 719 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Bahamas58 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 15 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1584 Delhi India189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 298 Washington US59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 323 Jerusalem Israel36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 136 London UK19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 380

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: 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'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: too little coverage to readMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful 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 a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: 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'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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

● Russia about three times as fearful as the world's · 1,743 stories about harm ● Libya few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 22 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 446 stories about harm ● Hong Kong few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 185 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 3,449 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence25% 3,142 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Rights & justice21% 2,644 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents13% 1,687 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 578 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 477 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 310 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 234 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 killed4,119 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Russia and the US Stories reporting arrests1,890 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Russia and the US Stories reporting people injured1,557 at about twice the usual rate · most about Russia and the US Stories reporting people affected1,340 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions405 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Russia Stories reporting evacuations186 at about twice the usual rate · most about Russia and India Stories reporting people displaced149 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees100 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Belize

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 one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than usual
● Fearabout one and a half times 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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