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44,287 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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Illness in Monrovia, violence in Baghdad and protests in Brazzaville (Congo) drew the news. Iraq's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSenegal 83 in 100 of its 186 stories, usually 23
RegionSoutheast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Health

Liberia

188 of its 255 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Monrovia accounted for 161 of Liberia's 188 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Liberia over 30 days → its stories → Monrovia stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

681 of its 900 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Baghdad accounted for 429 of Iraq's 681 stories about harm, carried by 445 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (408 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Congo

167 of its 315 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Brazzaville accounted for 115 of Congo's 167 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. 73 of Brazzaville's 115 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

Congo over 30 days → its stories → Brazzaville stories →
Shelter & services

Palau

26 of its 28 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Koror accounted for 26 of Palau's 26 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Drought was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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

Senegal

154 of its 186 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Dakar accounted for 104 of Senegal's 154 stories about harm, carried by 211 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (139 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

409 of its 642 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

484 of its 890 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Philippines

477 of its 1,427 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (70 stories). Dengue was named in 159 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with haemorrhagic fever, power cuts and oil spill.

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Food & livelihood

South Korea

243 of its 998 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (146 stories). Hunger was named in 151 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

1,203 of its 1,464 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in South Korea (151 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Philippines (159 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Pakistan (155 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Indonesia (45 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in North Korea (18 of its stories, more than ten 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 4 Apr. 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 44,287 stories about harm among 234,867 counted on 4 Apr.

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The news turned to Liberia for the fourth day running. Mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual in South Korea's news. In Liberia, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 46% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 234,867 stories, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Maldives85 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Senegal83 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 23 · mostly conflict & violence Syria82 in 100 of its 1,464 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq76 in 100 of its 900 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Liberia74 in 100 of its 255 stories · usually 46 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Lesbos Greece377 stories about protests or strikes, of its 456 Philadelphia US356 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1039 Washington US287 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1466 Dikili Türkiye219 stories about protests or strikes, of its 369 Damascus Syria190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 433

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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 lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: 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: too little coverage to readJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: too little coverage to readChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape 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 lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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 lessBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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 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 lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUkraine: warmth about its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualEl Salvador: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about three times its own usualBurundi: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualGuernsey: warmth about its own usualHaltern, Germany -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsBeijing, China -- rights & justice: 105 stories, carried by 117 outletsPrinceton, US -- rights & justice: 45 stories, carried by 47 outletsNiamey, Niger -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsGreen Bay, US -- conflict & violence: 37 stories, carried by 38 outletsBalkan, Russia -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 22 outletsLa India, el Salvador -- other: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 24 stories, carried by 17 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

● Hong Kong warmth about three times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Saudi Arabia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Niger warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Haltern Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 17 stories ● Beijing China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 105 stories ● Princeton US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 45 stories ● Niamey Niger about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Green Bay US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 37 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice36% 15,414 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence24% 10,240 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents14% 6,286 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Health9% 3,898 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,011 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,830 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,561 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,156 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 killed13,878 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,413 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,599 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured4,588 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,689 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions604 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced506 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations223 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the United Arab Emirates Stories reporting people falling ill30 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and China

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.