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14,795 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Minsk (Belarus), violence in Gaza and people killed in Hong Kong drew the news. Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBelarus 60 in 100 of its 52 stories, usually 19
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Protests & strikes

Belarus

31 of its 52 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Minsk accounted for 27 of Belarus' 31 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. 19 of Minsk's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories).

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

71 of its 115 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Gaza accounted for 25 of Palestine's 71 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

31 of its 112 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Iraq

32 of its 60 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Baghdad accounted for 18 of Iraq's 32 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 70 of Lebanon's 85 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Comoros

8 of its 8 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Rights & justice

Kashmir

30 of its 68 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malawi

23 of its 58 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Health

Sweden

36 of its 153 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 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: cyclone in Australia (56 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); storms in Pakistan (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in UK (149 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Ireland (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Canada (13 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 14,795 stories about harm among 82,585 counted on 19 Mar.

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Belarus stood out: 60% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 82,585 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 19 March 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan65 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Belarus60 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 19 · mostly rights & justice Lebanon58 in 100 of its 146 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq53 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 417 Washington US102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 487 Hollywood US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 163 New York US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 142 Jerusalem Israel33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'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'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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 readBritish 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: 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 fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sComoros: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMayotte: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Nigeria about twice as fearful as the world's · 237 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 1,277 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 341 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 85 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 3,565 stories · about as usual Health24% 3,515 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 2,488 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents15% 2,109 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Food & livelihood9% 1,279 stories · more than usual (usually 5%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 577 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 557 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 371 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 killed3,463 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,767 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,575 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured821 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting people displaced286 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and Lebanon Stories reporting evacuations136 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting refugees83 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting abductions82 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill15 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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