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The news turned to protests in Kathmandu (Nepal), flooding in Afghanistan and people injured in Kuwait. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNepal 45 in 100 of its 100 stories, usually 31
RegionOceania 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Nepal

45 of its 100 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kathmandu accounted for 39 of Nepal's 45 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. 32 of Kathmandu's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 20 of Afghanistan's 42 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Kuwait

16 of its 33 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Kuwait over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 317 of Iran's 553 stories about harm, carried by 637 outlets. Power cuts were named in 15 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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Sudan

15 of its 17 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 45 of Lebanon's 75 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

France

Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

Havana accounted for 26 of Cuba's 42 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 143 of Israel's 294 stories about harm, carried by 431 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

US

106 of Washington's 199 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Australia (36 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in New Zealand (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 17 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 6,714 stories about harm among 38,441 counted on 29 Mar.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Nepal. of the day's 38,441 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Nepal stood out: 45% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 31%. On 29 March 2025, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 17 today. This week the news turned most often to Bangladesh, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan72 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 65 · mostly disasters & accidents Lebanon72 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine52 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba50 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents Nepal45 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 31 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199 Tehran Iran92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 317 Jerusalem Israel51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143 Los Angeles US46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 Kathmandu Nepal32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 39

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: too little coverage to readVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: 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: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: too little coverage to readRomania: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong 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: 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 readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: 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'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sLebanon: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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

● Lebanon about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 553 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 294 stories about harm ● China a little warmer than the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 126 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 15 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice24% 1,569 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 1,462 stories · about as usual Health22% 1,425 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 1,047 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 376 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 324 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 255 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 134 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 killed1,736 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured761 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting arrests747 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected659 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced90 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions57 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations50 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting refugees31 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Italy and Belgium Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about three 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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