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15,041 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Istanbul (Türkiye), people injured in Ukraine and people falling ill in Nigeria drew the news. Ukraine's coverage was about one and a half 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 mostTürkiye 61 in 100 of its 444 stories, usually 36
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
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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Protests & strikes

Türkiye

273 of its 444 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Istanbul accounted for 238 of Türkiye's 273 stories about harm, carried by 215 outlets. 178 of Istanbul's 238 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories).

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

163 of its 497 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

343 of its 1,245 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Hunger was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Kashmir

66 of its 145 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Jammu accounted for 36 of Kashmir's 66 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 114 of Palestine's 160 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

27 of its 61 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Austria

28 of its 103 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

France

40 of Paris' 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in South Korea (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in Italy (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in UK (56 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in US (69 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Israel (10 of its stories, about three 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 24 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 15,041 stories about harm among 84,576 counted on 24 Mar.

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The news turned to Türkiye for the sixth day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 84,576 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Türkiye, 61% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual. On 24 March 2024, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel65 in 100 of its 1,007 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 256 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan62 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye61 in 100 of its 444 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice Yemen56 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Istanbul Türkiye178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 238 Washington US119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 539 Jerusalem Israel78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175 Manhattan US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 114 Shiv India47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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 readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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: 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'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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 readChina: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCayman Islands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful 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'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 twice as fearful as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 655 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 90 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 160 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 205 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 163 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 4,302 stories · about as usual Rights & justice28% 4,192 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents15% 2,236 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence14% 2,115 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 620 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 535 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 436 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 316 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 killed3,166 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,046 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,521 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured899 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions318 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced166 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations152 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees124 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill35 at about the usual rate

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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