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9,417 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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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Baghdad, protests in Ladakh (Kashmir) and rights and justice in Havana. Iraq's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostIraq 68 in 100 of its 138 stories, usually 39
RegionCentral Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 10
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

94 of its 138 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Baghdad accounted for 54 of Iraq's 94 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Protests & strikes

Kashmir

84 of its 160 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Ladakh accounted for 56 of Kashmir's 84 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. 53 of Ladakh's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories).

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Ladakh stories →
Rights & justice

Cuba

96 of its 159 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Havana accounted for 56 of Cuba's 96 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (54 stories).

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

Netherlands

45 of its 153 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

116 of its 165 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Beirut accounted for 84 of Lebanon's 116 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

175 of its 362 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

United Arab Emirates

54 of its 169 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (19 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 48 of Ukraine's 63 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Ethiopia

23 of its 43 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Brazil (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); accidents in US (11 of its stories, about 4 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 14 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 9,417 stories about harm among 49,365 counted on 14 Mar.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 49,365 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Iraq stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 39%. A year earlier, on 14 March 2025, 18 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 →

Lebanon70 in 100 of its 165 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq68 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan63 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba60 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir52 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 29 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 399 Washington US60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 282 Ladakh Kashmir53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 56 Kharg Island Iran40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 217 Delhi India31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 104

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 readTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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 readPapua 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'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJordan: 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'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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 readVatican 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSt Vincent: 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'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 151 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 116 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 175 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 94 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 182 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 996 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence24% 2,221 stories · much more than usual (usually 18%) Rights & justice21% 1,926 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Health20% 1,820 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents18% 1,660 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 459 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 426 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 379 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 280 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 killed2,494 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,154 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,050 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured770 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced189 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iran and Israel Stories reporting evacuations124 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting abductions83 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees66 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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