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31,586 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 protests in Lima (Peru), violence in Mogadishu and drownings in Greece. Mexico's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 42 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostMicronesia 93 in 100 of its 135 stories, usually 38
RegionCentral Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Peru

142 of its 218 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 24 of Lima's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (75 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

270 of its 302 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Mogadishu accounted for 218 of Somalia's 270 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

362 of its 616 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (208 stories). Drownings were named in 221 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Mexico

422 of its 1,064 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (291 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Bangladesh

398 of its 700 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 206 of Dhaka's 284 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (163 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

1,404 of its 1,739 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Brussels accounted for 1,399 of Belgium's 1,404 stories about harm, carried by 1,108 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (1,072 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

338 of its 620 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Cairo accounted for 272 of Egypt's 338 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. 145 of Cairo's 272 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (90 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Micronesia

125 of its 135 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Fanadik accounted for 76 of Micronesia's 125 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (121 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

167 of its 228 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 106 of Tharrawaddy's 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (129 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

131 of its 217 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Venezuela (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Kenya (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Ireland (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Australia (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Pakistan (49 of its stories, about three times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 31,586 stories about harm among 151,939 counted on 9 Apr.

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In Greece's news, mentions of drownings ran about 6 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 151,939 stories, as usual. Peru's news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Micronesia93 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen90 in 100 of its 322 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia89 in 100 of its 302 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Belgium81 in 100 of its 1,739 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Syria78 in 100 of its 631 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dhaka Bangladesh206 stories about protests or strikes, of its 284 Paris France159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 237 Cairo Egypt145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 272 Washington US115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1370 Tharrawaddy Myanmar106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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 lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: 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 lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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 lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 68 stories, carried by 49 outletsUpper Big Branch, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 30 stories, carried by 32 outletsOhio, US -- conflict & violence: 40 stories, carried by 41 outletsAhmednagar, India -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsAintree, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 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

● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Japan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual ● Saudi Arabia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 68 stories ● Upper Big Branch US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 30 stories ● Ohio US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 40 stories ● Ahmednagar India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Aintree UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice42% 12,972 stories · much more than usual (usually 35%) Conflict & violence26% 8,211 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 3,348 stories · about as usual Health7% 2,177 stories · less than usual (usually 9%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,703 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,218 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 892 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 473 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 killed9,511 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,175 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Belgium Stories reporting people affected3,575 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,422 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions761 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and the Philippines Stories reporting refugees712 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced520 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and Egypt Stories reporting evacuations137 at about half the usual rate · most about Belgium and the US Stories reporting people falling ill30 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia

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