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15,465 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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The news turned to violence in Kabul, protests in Lusaka (Zambia) and the earthquake in Haiti. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iran and Lebanon → Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 88 in 100 of its 350 stories, usually 59
RegionCentral Asia 15 in 100 of its stories, usually 11
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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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

309 of its 350 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Kabul accounted for 285 of Afghanistan's 309 stories about harm, carried by 468 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (233 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Disasters & accidents

Haiti

30 of its 51 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Earthquake was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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

Lebanon

144 of its 203 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Beirut accounted for 105 of Lebanon's 144 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

27 of its 95 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

456 of its 1,258 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (150 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

71 of its 140 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Baghdad accounted for 55 of Iraq's 71 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 125 of Israel's 288 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kuwait

21 of its 43 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in UK (182 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in France (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Ireland (16 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); earthquake in Cuba (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (19 of its stories, about 5 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 17 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 15,465 stories about harm among 82,065 counted on 17 Mar.

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Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 82,065 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iran and Lebanon. Mentions of the earthquake ran about three times their usual in Haiti's news. In Afghanistan, 88% of the news was about people being harmed, where 59% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan88 in 100 of its 350 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon71 in 100 of its 203 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti59 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 45 · mostly disasters & accidents Cuba53 in 100 of its 342 stories · usually 50 · mostly shelter & services Iraq51 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 499 Washington US134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 584 Basij Iran113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 190 Boston US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 127 Jerusalem Israel33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 Africa: too little coverage to readSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 lessItaly: 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 lessIraq: 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 readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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 lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: 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: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 readThailand: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBangkok, Thailand -- health: 10 stories, carried by 14 outletsOklahoma, US -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 50 outletsNew Jersey, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 98 outletsMaiduguri, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 197 stories, carried by 224 outletsOttawa, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 42 stories, carried by 42 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 22 stories, carried by 23 outletsLadakh, Kashmir -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 14 outletsDhaka, Bangladesh -- health: 17 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

● Bangkok Thailand about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Oklahoma US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● New Jersey US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Maiduguri Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 197 stories ● Ottawa Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 42 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health24% 3,666 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 3,170 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence21% 3,142 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,529 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 862 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 787 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 603 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 373 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 killed3,858 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,768 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,598 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,254 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced380 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iran and Lebanon Stories reporting evacuations150 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions118 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees91 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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