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11,086 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 Latakia, protests in Istanbul (Türkiye) and flooding in Argentina drew the news. Syria's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSyria 80 in 100 of its 231 stories, usually 56
RegionOceania 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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

Syria

184 of its 231 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Latakia accounted for 85 of Syria's 184 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (158 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Latakia stories →
Protests & strikes

Türkiye

41 of its 98 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 18 of Istanbul's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
Disasters & accidents

Argentina

32 of its 54 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Pakistan

204 of its 553 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Australia

351 of its 1,027 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (46 stories). Cyclone was named in 182 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding, power cuts and heavy rain.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

25 of its 31 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

173 of its 544 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

152 of its 482 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

48 of its 129 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Jammu accounted for 33 of Kashmir's 48 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Protests & strikes

South Korea

51 of its 207 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 25 of Seoul's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Australia (182 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hantavirus in US (298 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Canada (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in India (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 11,086 stories about harm among 59,340 counted on 8 Mar.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Syria. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 59,340 stories, above the usual 18. Syria's news was 80% about people being harmed, against a usual 56%. On 8 March 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria80 in 100 of its 231 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Israel64 in 100 of its 380 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Argentina59 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 30 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine52 in 100 of its 203 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Lebanon51 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 366 Latakia Syria37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 85 London UK36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 Seoul South Korea25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 38 Hollywood US25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 197

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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'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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sJordan: 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'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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 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: 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 readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readJammu & 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 204 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 184 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 173 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 152 stories about harm ● South Sudan few stories a little warmer than the world's · 25 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 52 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 3,409 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice28% 2,989 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 1,720 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence13% 1,394 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 500 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 337 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 291 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 197 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 killed2,444 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,294 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,189 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured741 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions186 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations95 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Kenya

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 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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