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The news turned to landslides in Rwanda, protests in Baku (Azerbaijan) and people displaced in Beirut. Lebanon's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iran and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostAzerbaijan 44 in 100 of its 284 stories, usually 17
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

29 of its 42 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Rubaya accounted for 18 of Rwanda's 29 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Landslides were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Rubaya stories →
Protests & strikes

Azerbaijan

125 of its 284 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 43 of Baku's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories → Baku stories →
Displacement

Lebanon

119 of its 172 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Beirut accounted for 93 of Lebanon's 119 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Iran

2,065 of its 4,197 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 903 of Iran's 2,065 stories about harm, carried by 893 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (470 stories). Oil spill was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

United Arab Emirates

132 of its 455 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Dubai accounted for 117 of the United Arab Emirates' 132 stories about harm, carried by 179 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Argentina

19 of its 58 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Canada

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Avalanche was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Kuwait

40 of its 86 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Oil spill was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Displacement

Oman

18 of its 52 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Kuwait (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in United Arab Emirates (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Canada (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in US (108 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in UK (19 of its stories, more than ten 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 5 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 16,300 stories about harm among 87,555 counted on 5 Mar.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iran and the US. of the day's 87,555 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Rwanda's news mentioned landslides about 7 times as often as usual. Rwanda's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 40%. A year earlier, on 5 March 2025, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lebanon69 in 100 of its 172 stories · usually 49 · mostly displacement Palestine55 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan51 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Sri Lanka50 in 100 of its 158 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran49 in 100 of its 4,197 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran306 stories about protests or strikes, of its 903 Washington US180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 652 Baku Azerbaijan43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 60 London UK41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 286 Kathmandu Nepal38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48

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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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 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 readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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 lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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 readNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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: too little coverage to readItaly: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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 lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readSyria: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualVirginia, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsOklahoma, US -- disasters & accidents: 22 stories, carried by 31 outletsHarare, Zimbabwe -- health: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsKathmandu, Nepal -- conflict & violence: 48 stories, carried by 106 outletsCape Town, South Africa -- health: 24 stories, carried by 17 outletsNuffield, UK -- health: 27 stories, carried by 21 outletsBagram, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsVancouver, Canada -- health: 21 stories, carried by 55 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

● Argentina warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Virginia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Oklahoma US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 22 stories ● Harare Zimbabwe about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Kathmandu Nepal about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 48 stories ● Cape Town South Africa about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 24 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice23% 3,735 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence23% 3,614 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Health22% 3,555 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents15% 2,362 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Food & livelihood5% 805 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 695 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 681 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 513 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 killed4,423 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,186 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting arrests1,884 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,106 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations260 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting abductions168 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees134 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and Iran Stories reporting people falling ill14 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.

● Angera little more than 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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