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14,208 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to landslides in Indonesia, violence in Beirut and people killed in Qatar. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 34 in 100 of its 299 stories, usually 13
RegionSoutheast Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

87 of its 216 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Jakarta accounted for 55 of Indonesia's 87 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (44 stories). Landslides were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain and gas explosion. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

134 of its 200 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Beirut accounted for 77 of Lebanon's 134 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Kenya

106 of its 305 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Nairobi accounted for 80 of Kenya's 106 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories). Flooding was named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 739 of Iran's 1,526 stories about harm, carried by 999 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Accidents were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Haiti

29 of its 36 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories). Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

101 of its 299 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Bahrain

36 of its 121 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

52 of its 81 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Gaza accounted for 22 of Palestine's 52 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Kenya (53 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Haiti (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in Japan (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Canada (23 of its stories, about 7 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 9 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 14,208 stories about harm among 75,001 counted on 9 Mar.

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Of the day's 75,001 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 9 March 2025, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lebanon67 in 100 of its 200 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine64 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Israel45 in 100 of its 605 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba44 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 46 · mostly shelter & services

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran232 stories about protests or strikes, of its 739 Gracie Mansion US209 stories about protests or strikes, of its 257 Washington US72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 393 Los Angeles US68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 242 Chicago US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 122

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: 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: 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: 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 lessNigeria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualBenue, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsBaku, Azerbaijan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsRome, Italy -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 26 stories, carried by 136 outletsMaine, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsKathmandu, Nepal -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 34 outletsOttawa, Canada -- displacement: 26 stories, carried by 35 outletsCaracas, Venezuela -- rights & justice: 10 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

● Benue Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Baku Azerbaijan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Rome Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 26 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice23% 3,206 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Health21% 2,996 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence20% 2,828 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents15% 2,157 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Food & livelihood8% 1,083 stories · more than usual (usually 4%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 728 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 488 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 487 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 killed3,781 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,556 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,468 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,040 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced222 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and Lebanon Stories reporting evacuations188 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Lebanon and Iran Stories reporting abductions120 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees69 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US

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 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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