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13,431 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 day's news pointed at people killed in Hong Kong, abductions in the UK and violence in Beirut. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCzechia 30 in 100 of its 50 stories, usually 11
RegionCentral Asia 17 in 100 of its stories, usually 11
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

30 of its 130 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories →
Health

UK

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Outbreaks were named in 137 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with meningitis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Iran

Tehran accounted for 408 of Iran's 1,075 stories about harm, carried by 663 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Chad

17 of its 27 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Australia

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Cyclone was named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with power cuts.

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Conflict & violence

Japan

Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 103 of Israel's 283 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

US

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Heatwave was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with typhoon and heatstroke.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Chad (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Australia (53 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in South Africa (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Spain (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); storms in Pakistan (12 of its stories, more than ten 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 20 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 13,431 stories about harm among 75,911 counted on 20 Mar.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Hong Kong. of the day's 75,911 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Hong Kong stood out: 23% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 13%. A year earlier, on 20 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 →

Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon62 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Israel41 in 100 of its 682 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine38 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq38 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 408 Washington US94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 451 Sydney Australia43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95 New York US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 139 Basij Iran23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 46

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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'sGuyana: 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'sGhana: 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 readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: 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 readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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 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'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: 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 readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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 readYemen: coverage a little angrier 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 angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than 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 a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than 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'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 fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 1,075 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 187 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 283 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 39 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 3,360 stories · about as usual Health25% 3,263 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence16% 2,165 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents15% 2,029 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 914 stories · more than usual (usually 5%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 605 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 537 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 286 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 killed3,132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,549 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,486 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured672 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting people displaced238 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and Lebanon Stories reporting evacuations148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions103 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees70 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people falling ill11 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 softer 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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