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16,708 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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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Latakia and Gaza and evacuations in South Sudan. Syria's coverage was about three times 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 mostSyria 75 in 100 of its 228 stories, usually 54
RegionOceania 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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

Syria

172 of its 228 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Latakia accounted for 107 of Syria's 172 stories about harm, carried by 354 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Latakia stories →
Rights & justice

Palestine

125 of its 225 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Gaza accounted for 73 of Palestine's 125 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Displacement

South Sudan

41 of its 59 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). 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.

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

Ecuador

15 of its 24 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Guayaquil accounted for 12 of Ecuador's 15 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Yemen

31 of its 38 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Australia

553 of its 2,078 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (46 stories). Cyclone was named in 265 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts, storms and storm surge.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

55 of its 101 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (90 stories). Covid was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

France

237 of its 948 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Paris accounted for 183 of France's 237 stories about harm, carried by 473 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Australia (265 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Spain (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Indonesia (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in Hungary (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Ghana (15 of its stories, more than ten 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 7 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 16,708 stories about harm among 95,172 counted on 7 Mar.

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18 in every 100 of the day's 95,172 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 7 March 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria75 in 100 of its 228 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan69 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 42 · mostly displacement Sudan66 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Israel60 in 100 of its 657 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Palestine56 in 100 of its 225 stories · usually 49 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 587 London UK66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 301 Latakia Syria36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 Manhattan US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124 Dhaka Bangladesh31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 41

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: 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: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: 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 lessTaiwan: 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 lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: 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 lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: no storiesRwanda: near the world's share or lessRussia: 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 lessPhilippines: 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: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: 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 lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: 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 lessLiberia: 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: near the world's share or lessKenya: 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 lessIraq: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: 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 lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: near the world's share or lessFrench Polynesia: no storiesNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: no storiesGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: 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 lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: 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 lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessMyanmar: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: 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 lessBelarus: 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 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: no storiesAlgeria: 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 lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: no storiesPitcairn: 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: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. 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: 26 in 100 of its 155 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Yemen: 82 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Venezuela: 29 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Vanuatu: 45 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Uganda: 43 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Tonga: 57 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Syria: 75 in 100 of its 228 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)South Sudan: 69 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Sudan: 66 in 100 of its 77 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)South Africa: 31 in 100 of its 596 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Somalia: 71 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Samoa: 50 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Pakistan: 30 in 100 of its 552 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Nigeria: 25 in 100 of its 1,260 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Nicaragua: 50 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Nepal: 31 in 100 of its 81 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Lebanon: 43 in 100 of its 81 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Israel: 60 in 100 of its 657 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 56 in 100 of its 225 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Iran: 32 in 100 of its 223 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Indonesia: 23 in 100 of its 213 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Hungary: 26 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Haiti: 45 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Greece: 27 in 100 of its 214 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Georgia: 39 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)France: 25 in 100 of its 948 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ethiopia: 34 in 100 of its 47 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ecuador: 62 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Djibouti: 60 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Colombia: 29 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Burundi: 83 in 100 of its 6 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Barbados: 29 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Bangladesh: 54 in 100 of its 162 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Australia: 27 in 100 of its 2,078 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Argentina: 30 in 100 of its 71 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Afghanistan: 54 in 100 of its 101 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 56 in 100 of its 225 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 56 in 100 of its 225 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 56 in 100 of its 225 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Vatican City: 89 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)
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 18 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

● Syria 75 in 100 of its 228 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Israel 60 in 100 of its 657 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Palestine 56 in 100 of its 225 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Sudan 66 in 100 of its 77 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● South Sudan 69 in 100 of its 59 stories · mostly displacement ● Bangladesh 54 in 100 of its 162 stories · mostly rights & justice

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

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 5,041 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 4,316 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,652 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence13% 2,067 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 745 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 628 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 589 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 330 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 killed3,492 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,904 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,791 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured814 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions264 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced185 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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
● Griefa little more 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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