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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

usually 18; 18 the day before
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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.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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 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 lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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 lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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 lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualIrvine, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 20 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 24 outletsQuetta, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 20 outletsSukma, India -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 20 outletsKathua, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsBoise, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsChhattisgarh, India -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsLahore, Pakistan -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 10 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

● Irvine US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Quetta Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 29 stories ● Sukma India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories ● Kathua Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories

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.