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15,653 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at violence in Tehran, a disaster in Kocani and people killed in Belgium. Iran's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIran 59 in 100 of its 266 stories, usually 32
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 40
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Iran

157 of its 266 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 93 of Iran's 157 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

North Macedonia

141 of its 175 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Kocani accounted for 102 of North Macedonia's 141 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories → Kocani stories →
Health

Belgium

39 of its 146 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Yemen

152 of its 186 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Sanaa accounted for 94 of Yemen's 152 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

63 of its 167 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 45 of Syria's 133 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lithuania

16 of its 40 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Peru

30 of its 84 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

its stories →
Health

Saudi Arabia

32 of its 155 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Peru (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Ireland (18 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tornadoes in US (375 of its stories, about three times its usual); diphtheria in Nigeria (11 of its stories, about 5 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 17 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 15,653 stories about harm among 86,857 counted on 17 Mar.

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In Peru's news, mentions of flooding ran about 7 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 86,857 stories, as usual. Iran's news was 59% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. A year earlier, on 17 March 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen82 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence North Macedonia81 in 100 of its 175 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria67 in 100 of its 198 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice Iran59 in 100 of its 266 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US161 stories about protests or strikes, of its 712 Manhattan US50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 London UK30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 202 Jerusalem Israel28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 96 Nagpur India26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 38

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: 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'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNorth Korea: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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'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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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 readVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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 readYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as 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'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sMonaco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 63 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 152 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 256 stories about harm ● North Macedonia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as angry as the world's · 157 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 133 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 4,369 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,733 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 2,962 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,354 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 625 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 528 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 495 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 253 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 killed3,640 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,738 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,722 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,079 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and North Macedonia Stories reporting abductions247 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced203 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees147 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations91 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China

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 harsher 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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