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15,316 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to deaths in Sohar, landslides in Ethiopia and violence in Tehran. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 22 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIraq 64 in 100 of its 289 stories, usually 35
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
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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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Oman

35 of its 63 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Sohar accounted for 26 of Oman's 35 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Oman over 30 days → its stories → Sohar stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ethiopia

29 of its 51 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Landslides were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with flooding and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 626 of Iran's 1,445 stories about harm, carried by 786 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (55 stories). Plane crash was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Rights & justice

Cuba

139 of its 236 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Havana accounted for 75 of Cuba's 139 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (83 stories).

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

Iraq

186 of its 289 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (134 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

161 of its 224 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Beirut accounted for 129 of Lebanon's 161 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

66 of its 97 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Kabul accounted for 58 of Afghanistan's 66 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

293 of its 610 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

37 of its 45 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Haiti

17 of its 30 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: plane crash in South Korea (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in Nigeria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in India (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in UK (10 of its stories, about 10 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 13 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 15,316 stories about harm among 81,464 counted on 13 Mar.

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Oman stood out: 56% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 81,464 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 13 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 →

Lebanon72 in 100 of its 224 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq64 in 100 of its 289 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba59 in 100 of its 236 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice Ethiopia57 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 29 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 626 Washington US94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 464 Temple Israel US46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152 Jerusalem Israel33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95 Detroit US26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle 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: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: 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'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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

● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 186 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 272 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 158 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 1,445 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 161 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 293 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health22% 3,325 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 3,207 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Rights & justice21% 3,180 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents17% 2,545 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 950 stories · more than usual (usually 4%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 715 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 631 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 413 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 killed3,927 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,773 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,529 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,412 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting people displaced262 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and Lebanon Stories reporting evacuations170 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees151 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and the UK Stories reporting abductions116 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India 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 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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