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The news turned to protests in Karachi (Pakistan), violence in Tehran and helicopter crash in Kenya. Iran's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about Iran and the US → Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iran and India → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostUnited Arab Emirates 45 in 100 of its 610 stories, usually 9
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

268 of its 454 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Karachi accounted for 143 of Pakistan's 268 stories about harm, carried by 302 outlets. 133 of Karachi's 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (134 stories). Illness was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Karachi stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

2,558 of its 5,578 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tehran accounted for 1,571 of Iran's 2,558 stories about harm, carried by 1,289 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (871 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kenya

54 of its 134 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (32 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

United Arab Emirates

273 of its 610 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Dubai accounted for 249 of the United Arab Emirates' 273 stories about harm, carried by 367 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (187 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Fiji

35 of its 50 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Heavy rain was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding, cyclone and storms.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bolivia

21 of its 22 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. el Alto accounted for 20 of Bolivia's 21 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

68 of its 108 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Kabul accounted for 51 of Afghanistan's 68 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

24 of its 58 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 9 of Baghdad's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Tel Aviv accounted for 191 of Israel's 269 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Fiji (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Australia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 9,035 stories about harm among 43,182 counted on 1 Mar.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 25 January 2026. People injured were reported at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about Iran and the US. On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 43,182 stories, above the usual 17. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them. Over February, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 in February 2025.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Fiji70 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan63 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan59 in 100 of its 454 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine48 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Iran46 in 100 of its 5,578 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran723 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1571 Karachi Pakistan133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143 Washington US55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 Tel Aviv Israel33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 Minab Iran30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 96

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'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 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 readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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 readCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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 readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than 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

● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 174 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 2,558 stories about harm ● UK a little warmer than the world's · 469 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 68 stories about harm ● China few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 269 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence35% 3,095 stories · much more than usual (usually 13%) Rights & justice18% 1,616 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health15% 1,362 stories · much less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents13% 1,192 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 705 stories · more than usual (usually 5%) Displacement4% 375 stories · more than usual (usually 2%) Food & livelihood3% 256 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 238 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 killed3,490 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting people injured2,001 at about 5 times the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting people affected898 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests634 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations116 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iran and India Stories reporting abductions113 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting people displaced38 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees36 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout twice 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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