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47,780 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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Protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh), violence in Damascus and rights and justice in Ramallah drew the news. Bangladesh's coverage was about 4 times 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 43 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostMyanmar 72 in 100 of its 281 stories, usually 25
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 48
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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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

518 of its 748 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Dhaka accounted for 371 of Bangladesh's 518 stories about harm, carried by 365 outlets. 246 of Dhaka's 371 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (140 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

964 of its 1,198 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Damascus accounted for 496 of Syria's 964 stories about harm, carried by 508 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (268 stories). Poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Rights & justice

Palestine

585 of its 1,084 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Ramallah accounted for 514 of Palestine's 585 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (197 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Ramallah stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Bolivia

54 of its 86 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 48 of Palmasola's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

202 of its 281 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 118 of Tharrawaddy's 119 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (176 stories).

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Rights & justice

Lebanon

294 of its 452 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Beirut accounted for 238 of Lebanon's 294 stories about harm, carried by 264 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (90 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Denmark

86 of its 232 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

136 of its 273 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 74 of Caracas' 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (50 stories).

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Rights & justice

Singapore

296 of its 1,092 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (78 stories). Outbreaks were named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Afghanistan (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Guatemala (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); avalanche in Austria (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Ethiopia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Singapore (36 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 19 the day before
24 in 10018 in 10010 Mar17 Mar24 Mar31 Mar8 Apr10 Mar: 20 in 10011 Mar: 20 in 10012 Mar: 22 in 10013 Mar: 24 in 10014 Mar: 21 in 10015 Mar: 19 in 10016 Mar: 19 in 10017 Mar: 19 in 10018 Mar: 19 in 10019 Mar: 21 in 10020 Mar: 20 in 10021 Mar: 18 in 10022 Mar: 23 in 10023 Mar: 23 in 10024 Mar: 22 in 10025 Mar: 23 in 10026 Mar: 22 in 10027 Mar: 23 in 10028 Mar: 22 in 10029 Mar: 22 in 10030 Mar: 21 in 10031 Mar: 21 in 1001 Apr: 20 in 1002 Apr: 23 in 1003 Apr: 23 in 1004 Apr: 19 in 1005 Apr: 18 in 1006 Apr: 19 in 1007 Apr: 19 in 1008 Apr: 20 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 47,780 stories about harm among 241,517 counted on 8 Apr.

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Mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual in Afghanistan's news. of the day's 241,517 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Bangladesh for the third day running. Bangladesh's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Maldives86 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice Syria80 in 100 of its 1,198 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia77 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Belgium73 in 100 of its 1,444 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar72 in 100 of its 281 stories · usually 25 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US440 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1725 Philadelphia US309 stories about protests or strikes, of its 437 Lesbos Greece261 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321 Dhaka Bangladesh246 stories about protests or strikes, of its 371 Jerusalem Israel237 stories about protests or strikes, of its 467

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMicronesia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: 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'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAmerican Samoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNauru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● Denmark about three times as fearful as the world's · 86 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 518 stories about harm ● Rwanda about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 78 stories about harm ● Switzerland about twice as fearful as the world's · 149 stories about harm ● Armenia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Bolivia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 54 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice43% 20,005 stories · much more than usual (usually 35%) Conflict & violence22% 10,251 stories · much less than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents10% 4,810 stories · about as usual Health9% 4,331 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,136 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,643 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,514 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,057 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 killed13,256 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,610 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,651 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,899 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees1,539 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions941 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people displaced651 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations191 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people falling ill47 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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
● Griefa little less 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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