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What the world's news said happened to people.
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11,258 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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The day's news pointed at a disaster in Bangkok, protests in Kathmandu (Nepal) and people injured in Guinea. Thailand's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Thailand and the US → Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Thailand and Myanmar → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostThailand 79 in 100 of its 733 stories, usually 28
RegionSoutheast Asia 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Disasters & accidents

Thailand

582 of its 733 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Bangkok accounted for 520 of Thailand's 582 stories about harm, carried by 797 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (119 stories). Natural hazards were named in 63 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Protests & strikes

Nepal

51 of its 80 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kathmandu accounted for 41 of Nepal's 51 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. 39 of Kathmandu's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Conflict & violence

Guinea

14 of its 17 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Myanmar

276 of its 297 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Mandalay accounted for 187 of Myanmar's 276 stories about harm, carried by 412 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (133 stories). Natural hazards were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Türkiye

96 of its 185 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Istanbul accounted for 75 of Türkiye's 96 stories about harm, carried by 246 outlets. 69 of Istanbul's 75 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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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

80 of its 260 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

54 of its 126 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

31 of Jerusalem's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Netherlands

36 of its 123 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Myanmar (31 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Canada (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in UK (14 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 29 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 11,258 stories about harm among 60,156 counted on 29 Mar.

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In Thailand, 79% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 60,156 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In Canada's news, mentions of power cuts ran more than ten times their usual. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Thailand and the US.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar93 in 100 of its 297 stories · usually 56 · mostly disasters & accidents Thailand79 in 100 of its 733 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents Nepal64 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 32 · mostly rights & justice Israel63 in 100 of its 432 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen60 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Boston US73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 Istanbul Türkiye69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 75 Washington US60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 341 Kathmandu Nepal39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 41 Manhattan US38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 92

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: too little coverage to readVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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 readNamibia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: 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'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'sKazakhstan: 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'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 readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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 readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: 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: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: 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'sAfghanistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful 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 angry as the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful 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'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 · 54 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 218 stories about harm ● Thailand about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 582 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 273 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 80 stories about harm ● Myanmar about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 276 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 2,878 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice25% 2,800 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents24% 2,687 stories · much more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence13% 1,377 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 473 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 390 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 219 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 179 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 killed3,039 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Thailand Stories reporting people affected1,726 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Thailand Stories reporting arrests1,273 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,213 at about twice the usual rate · most about Thailand and the US Stories reporting people displaced264 at about twice the usual rate · most about Thailand and Myanmar Stories reporting abductions176 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees89 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations78 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.