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9,301 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 news turned to a disaster in Mandalay, protests in Kathmandu (Nepal) and people injured in Ukraine. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Myanmar and Thailand →
Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostTonga 95 in 100 of its 92 stories, usually 29
RegionSoutheast Asia 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

254 of its 275 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Mandalay accounted for 204 of Myanmar's 254 stories about harm, carried by 474 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (158 stories). Heavy rain was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Mandalay stories →
Protests & strikes

Nepal

37 of its 72 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kathmandu accounted for 28 of Nepal's 37 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. 21 of Kathmandu's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Ukraine

97 of its 250 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Thailand

232 of its 365 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Bangkok accounted for 206 of Thailand's 232 stories about harm, carried by 236 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Türkiye

77 of its 154 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Istanbul accounted for 52 of Türkiye's 77 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. 42 of Istanbul's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Tonga

87 of its 92 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tongatapu accounted for 53 of Tonga's 87 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

108 of its 168 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Gaza accounted for 63 of Palestine's 108 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

China

Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Mexico (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Canada (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in India (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in UK (23 of its stories, about 5 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 30 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 9,301 stories about harm among 48,939 counted on 30 Mar.

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Mexico's news mentioned outbreaks more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 48,939 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Myanmar and Thailand. Myanmar stood out: 92% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 68%. A year earlier, on 30 March 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Türkiye, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tonga95 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 29 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar92 in 100 of its 275 stories · usually 68 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine64 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Thailand64 in 100 of its 365 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel63 in 100 of its 572 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 233 Istanbul Türkiye42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 52 Tel Aviv Israel31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 60 London UK29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129 Boston US23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 65

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: too little coverage to readNiger: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern 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 lessMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 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: too little coverage to readIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSudan: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMexico: 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 usualWaimanalo, US -- health: 31 stories, carried by 91 outletsHawaii, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsQuetta, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 14 outletsPeshawar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 24 outletsUromi, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 45 stories, carried by 20 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 13 outletsBasingstoke, UK -- health: 11 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

● Waimanalo US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 31 stories ● Hawaii US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Quetta Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Peshawar Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 2,340 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents25% 2,257 stories · much more than usual (usually 18%) Rights & justice23% 2,068 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Conflict & violence14% 1,305 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 442 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 334 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 193 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 132 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 killed2,553 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Myanmar Stories reporting people affected1,425 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Myanmar Stories reporting arrests930 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured916 at about twice the usual rate · most about Myanmar and Thailand Stories reporting people displaced238 at about twice the usual rate · most about Myanmar and Thailand Stories reporting abductions203 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees79 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations68 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about half the usual rate · most about India 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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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