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45,664 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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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Sanaa, protests in Skopje (North Macedonia) and rights and justice in Beirut. Yemen's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPeru 65 in 100 of its 940 stories, usually 33
RegionEast Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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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Conflict & violence

Yemen

559 of its 639 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 80%. Sanaa accounted for 387 of Yemen's 559 stories about harm, carried by 320 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (233 stories). Polio was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Rights & justice

Lebanon

210 of its 343 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Beirut accounted for 183 of Lebanon's 210 stories about harm, carried by 263 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (127 stories).

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Health

Brazil

312 of its 852 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Chikungunya was named in 90 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with ebola.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Syria

893 of its 1,106 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. 238 of Aleppo's 420 stories were about protests or strikes. Natural hazards were named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Greece

569 of its 1,119 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 169 of Athens' 319 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (225 stories). Natural hazards were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

643 of its 2,180 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (29 stories). Power cuts were named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Cameroon

34 of its 62 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Meningitis was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Peru

614 of its 940 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 292 of Lima's 397 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (391 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

526 of its 767 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (318 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Poland (24 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); meningitis in Cameroon (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Germany (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Malaysia (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Nepal (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 45,664 stories about harm among 228,078 counted on 11 Apr.

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20 in every 100 of the day's 228,078 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia90 in 100 of its 520 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen87 in 100 of its 639 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence North Macedonia87 in 100 of its 196 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Syria81 in 100 of its 1,106 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan73 in 100 of its 293 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US432 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1544 Lima Peru292 stories about protests or strikes, of its 397 Aleppo Syria238 stories about protests or strikes, of its 420 Athens Greece169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 319 Jerusalem Israel150 stories about protests or strikes, of its 619

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: 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'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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: 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'sMadagascar: 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'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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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 readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLaos: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice 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'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Armenia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 145 stories about harm ● Somalia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 468 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 559 stories about harm ● Belgium about twice as fearful as the world's · 519 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 526 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 893 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice37% 16,448 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence25% 11,230 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents13% 5,653 stories · about as usual Health10% 4,353 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,258 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,445 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,192 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,187 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 killed15,014 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,427 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,005 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,465 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,030 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Greece and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced782 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Yemen and Syria Stories reporting abductions778 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations255 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about France and Türkiye Stories reporting people falling ill21 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
● Feara little less than 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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