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49,178 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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Violence in Gisuru, protests in Handwara (Kashmir) and people injured in Nepal drew the news. Nepal's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 79 in 100 of its 760 stories, usually 50
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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

Burundi

79 of its 83 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Gisuru accounted for 55 of Burundi's 79 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Burundi over 30 days → its stories → Gisuru stories →
Protests & strikes

Kashmir

165 of its 412 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 59 of Handwara's 103 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Handwara stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Nepal

209 of its 370 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (144 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

601 of its 760 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Kabul accounted for 407 of Afghanistan's 601 stories about harm, carried by 324 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Austria

148 of its 354 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

155 of its 263 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 40 of Caracas' 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (113 stories).

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Health

Guam

25 of its 64 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Angola

78 of its 128 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

111 of its 159 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Brazil (126 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Cameroon (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (41 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in India (325 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); polio in Yemen (24 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 12 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 49,178 stories about harm among 253,129 counted on 12 Apr.

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In Brazil's news, mentions of Ebola ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 253,129 stories, below the usual 21. Burundi's news was 95% about people being harmed, against a usual 69%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi95 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Micronesia88 in 100 of its 141 stories · usually 72 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan79 in 100 of its 760 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia79 in 100 of its 356 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Central African Republic75 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 58 · mostly food & livelihood

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US491 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1852 Colorado Springs US276 stories about protests or strikes, of its 470 Jerusalem Israel235 stories about protests or strikes, of its 764 Aleppo Syria154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 558 Charlotte US112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 157

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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPapua 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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 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 lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: 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 readGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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 lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArmenia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSheikh Othman, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsMandya, India -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsIdenau, Cameroon -- shelter & services: 20 stories, carried by 11 outletsFederally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 15 outletsTopeka, US -- displacement: 24 stories, carried by 19 outletsQuebec, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 25 stories, carried by 31 outletsWestern Ghats, India -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsMelbourne, Australia -- rights & justice: 53 stories, carried by 99 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

● Venezuela warmth about one and a half times usual ● Thailand warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual ● Armenia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Azerbaijan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Sheikh Othman Yemen about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Mandya India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Idenau Cameroon about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 20 stories ● Federally Administered Tribal Areas Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Topeka US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 24 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice38% 18,359 stories · more than usual (usually 35%) Conflict & violence22% 10,705 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents11% 5,445 stories · about as usual Health10% 4,981 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,485 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,035 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,776 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,471 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 killed13,931 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,929 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,737 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,297 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,344 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,137 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Lebanon Stories reporting people displaced692 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations359 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill35 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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