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30,790 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 news turned to plane crash in Poland, people displaced in Beirut and violence in Brussels. Lebanon's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostChad 72 in 100 of its 235 stories, usually 23
RegionCentral Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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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Disasters & accidents

Poland

121 of its 181 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Warsaw accounted for 111 of Poland's 121 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (113 stories). Plane crash was named in 100 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Warsaw stories →
Rights & justice

Lebanon

194 of its 279 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Beirut accounted for 170 of Lebanon's 194 stories about harm, carried by 234 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Conflict & violence

Belgium

1,192 of its 1,432 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Brussels accounted for 1,186 of Belgium's 1,192 stories about harm, carried by 981 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (656 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories → Brussels stories →
Protests & strikes

Chad

170 of its 235 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Ndjamena accounted for 123 of Chad's 170 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. 111 of Ndjamena's 123 stories were about protests or strikes.

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

Yemen

261 of its 299 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 80%. Sanaa accounted for 185 of Yemen's 261 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Peru

366 of its 496 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 120 of Lima's 155 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (78 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Micronesia

224 of its 242 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Fanadik accounted for 209 of Micronesia's 224 stories about harm, carried by 317 outlets. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

India

3,044 of its 7,949 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,577 stories). Building collapse was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Kashmir

90 of its 211 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 23 of Jammu's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

807 of its 2,282 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (26 stories). Outbreaks were named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: chikungunya in Brazil (34 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (31 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tuberculosis in Netherlands (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ireland (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Pakistan (128 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 30,790 stories about harm among 134,375 counted on 10 Apr.

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Poland's news mentioned plane crash more than ten times as often as usual. Poland's news was 67% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%. of the day's 134,375 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. This week the news turned most often to Bangladesh, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

North Macedonia93 in 100 of its 253 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Micronesia93 in 100 of its 242 stories · usually 58 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen87 in 100 of its 299 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Belgium83 in 100 of its 1,432 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Israel77 in 100 of its 1,421 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1097 Paris France164 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267 Raqqa Syria148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 169 Cairo Egypt123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 240 Gaza Palestine120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 142

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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: too little coverage to readIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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 lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: too little coverage to readChina: too little coverage to readHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: 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 lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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 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: 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 lessAksai Chin: too little coverage to readWestern 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: too little coverage to readChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: 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 usualChampaign, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 16 outletsMissouri, US -- health: 25 stories, carried by 26 outletsNarok, Kenya -- health: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsMilan, Italy -- health: 15 stories, carried by 27 outletsRamallah, Palestine -- rights & justice: 307 stories, carried by 17 outletsRas Lanuf, Libya -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 17 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- displacement: 22 stories, carried by 17 outletsYenagoa, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 21 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

Warmest events

● Champaign US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Missouri US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 25 stories ● Narok Kenya about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Milan Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Ramallah Palestine about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 307 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 10,261 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence28% 8,467 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 5,463 stories · much more than usual (usually 12%) Health7% 1,986 stories · less than usual (usually 9%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,941 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 995 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 782 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 478 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 killed10,580 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,453 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting arrests3,332 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,249 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees737 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions645 at about twice the usual rate · most about the Philippines and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced441 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and the US Stories reporting evacuations135 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iraq and Libya Stories reporting people falling ill17 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

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