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17,290 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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Violence in Sanaa, protests in Tunis (Tunisia) and flooding in Indonesia drew the news. Bolivia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBahamas 33 in 100 of its 92 stories, usually 15
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

Yemen

26 of its 30 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Sanaa accounted for 20 of Yemen's 26 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

Jakarta accounted for 43 of Indonesia's 56 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Flooding was named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

30 of its 92 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories).

its stories →
Health

Denmark

24 of its 78 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

DR Congo

16 of its 17 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

44 of its 84 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (25 stories). Wildfires were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Australia (133 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Spain (28 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in Japan (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in US (335 of its stories, about three times its usual); accidents in UK (10 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 4 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 17,290 stories about harm among 101,619 counted on 4 Mar.

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Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. of the day's 101,619 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Yemen stood out: 87% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 48%. On 4 March 2024, 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 →

Sudan63 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice Israel57 in 100 of its 819 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda56 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan52 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Syria50 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 641 Bergen County US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 99 New York US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 178 Hollywood US33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 238 London UK32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 196

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'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 readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: 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'sIndonesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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'sCuba: 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 readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readJammu & 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: 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 readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLatvia: 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 angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBolivia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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 grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry 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

● Sudan few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 185 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 468 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 220 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 19 stories about harm ● Iran few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 43 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 5,375 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice25% 4,159 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,315 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,796 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 788 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 683 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 487 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 285 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 killed3,357 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,780 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured784 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions317 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced190 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees148 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting evacuations130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill46 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Congo

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
● 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.