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The news turned to plane crash in Honduras, violence in Tehran and protests in Budapest (Hungary). Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHonduras 77 in 100 of its 88 stories, usually 20
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 52 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

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Honduras

68 of its 88 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Roatan accounted for 51 of Honduras' 68 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Plane crash was named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Roatan stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

109 of its 204 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tehran accounted for 49 of Iran's 109 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Protests & strikes

Hungary

37 of its 94 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Budapest accounted for 28 of Hungary's 37 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. 17 of Budapest's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Palestine

247 of its 361 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Gaza accounted for 190 of Palestine's 247 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,245 of its 1,738 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (297 stories). Outbreaks were named in 81 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

44 of its 59 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Kocani accounted for 33 of North Macedonia's 44 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. 17 of Kocani's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Peru

36 of its 100 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

10 of its 34 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 5 of Minsk's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

47 of its 89 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Spain (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Israel (81 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hurricane in UK (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in India (10 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 18 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 18,300 stories about harm among 100,901 counted on 18 Mar.

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Honduras stood out: 77% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 20%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 100,901 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Honduras' news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. A year earlier, on 18 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 →

Honduras77 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents North Macedonia75 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 61 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen73 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Israel72 in 100 of its 1,738 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine68 in 100 of its 361 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 689 Nagpur India141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Jerusalem Israel72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 206 Manhattan US50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112 London UK38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 210

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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 lessSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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 lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 lessJordan: 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 lessHonduras: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDominican 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readRussia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualCalgary, Canada -- health: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsQuetta, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsIslamabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 64 stories, carried by 35 outletsKyiv, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 49 stories, carried by 56 outletsNevada, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsBudapest, Hungary -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 36 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 14 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Quetta Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Islamabad Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 64 stories ● Kyiv Ukraine about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 49 stories ● Nevada US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 5,068 stories · about as usual Rights & justice27% 4,769 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 3,012 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,763 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 764 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 623 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 508 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 375 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 killed4,418 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,133 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,049 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,331 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting abductions653 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced313 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees158 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations129 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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