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50,570 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 Handwara (Kashmir) and arrests in the Netherlands and Cyprus. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 44 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostKashmir 75 in 100 of its 487 stories, usually 27
RegionSouth Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Kashmir

364 of its 487 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Handwara accounted for 255 of Kashmir's 364 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. 152 of Handwara's 255 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (299 stories). Its coverage was about three times 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 →
Conflict & violence

Netherlands

326 of its 924 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (96 stories). Accidents were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Cyprus

98 of its 169 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (81 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Cyprus over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Lebanon

470 of its 731 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Beirut accounted for 426 of Lebanon's 470 stories about harm, carried by 265 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (214 stories).

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

Burundi

Bujumbura accounted for 99 of Burundi's 131 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. 78 of Bujumbura's 99 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (88 stories). Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 774 of Syria's 1,346 stories about harm, carried by 498 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (332 stories). Wildfires were named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

El Salvador

66 of its 86 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

85 of its 134 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Palestine

888 of its 1,365 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (209 stories). Storms were named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

63 of its 90 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Papua New Guinea (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Greenland (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Angola (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Qatar (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Spain (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 50,570 stories about harm among 258,988 counted on 13 Apr.

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Papua New Guinea's news mentioned plane crash more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 258,988 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Kashmir stood out: 75% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. It was the second day running that the news turned to Kashmir.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Micronesia88 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 75 · mostly disasters & accidents Guinea86 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 78 · mostly health Yemen79 in 100 of its 177 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador77 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Syria76 in 100 of its 1,776 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US388 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1781 Chicago US351 stories about protests or strikes, of its 744 Boston US215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 478 Cairo Egypt190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267 Beijing China155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 342

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readUganda: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: 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 Africa: too little coverage to readSomalia: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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 readNorth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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 lessJapan: 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 lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: 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 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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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 lessEcuador: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualHelsinki, Finland -- health: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsBrazzaville, Congo -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsKunduz, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 15 outletsRichmond, US -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsTopeka, US -- displacement: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsGwadar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 61 stories, carried by 52 outletsBaisakhi, India -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 20 outletsWolfsburg, Germany -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 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

● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Helsinki Finland about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Brazzaville Congo about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Kunduz Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Richmond US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Topeka US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice44% 21,755 stories · much more than usual (usually 35%) Conflict & violence20% 10,164 stories · much less than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents11% 5,402 stories · about as usual Health10% 4,929 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,079 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,677 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,387 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,290 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 killed13,845 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,744 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,641 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,097 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees1,312 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,198 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Lebanon Stories reporting people displaced574 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations138 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill77 at about the usual rate

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