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16,708 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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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 →
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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 the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualBarbados: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLatakia, Syria -- conflict & violence: 107 stories, carried by 354 outletsNevada, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsTennessee, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsKyiv, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 70 stories, carried by 106 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 30 stories, carried by 14 outletsOdesa, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 36 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsToronto, Canada -- health: 54 stories, carried by 55 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Barbados warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Latakia Syria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 107 stories ● Nevada US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Tennessee US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Kyiv Ukraine about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 70 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 30 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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