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33,492 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 Sandeng (Gambia), violence in Gambella and arrests in Argentina. Argentina's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Ecuador and Japan → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostEcuador 93 in 100 of its 2,719 stories, usually 20
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 56 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Protests & strikes

Gambia

169 of its 204 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 72 of Sandeng's 108 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (115 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Sandeng stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

127 of its 150 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Gambella accounted for 94 of Ethiopia's 127 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Gambella stories →
Health

Argentina

125 of its 260 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (42 stories). Poisoning was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ecuador

2,520 of its 2,719 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,386 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 77 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with power cuts.

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

Egypt

264 of its 438 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Cairo accounted for 230 of Egypt's 264 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. 143 of Cairo's 230 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

1,478 of its 2,234 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (764 stories). Wildfires were named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Chile

140 of its 204 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Santiago accounted for 125 of Chile's 140 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Belarus

58 of its 66 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Wildfires were named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold.

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Disasters & accidents

Uruguay

48 of its 64 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

111 of its 141 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 49 of Yangon's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (103 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: drownings in Italy (91 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Belarus (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Nepal (28 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); accidents in Ukraine (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Philippines (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 33,492 stories about harm among 135,720 counted on 17 Apr.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 21 February 2016. of the day's 135,720 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. Gambia stood out: 83% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Ecuador and Japan. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. This week the news turned most often to Lebanon, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ecuador93 in 100 of its 2,719 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents Belarus88 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 17 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen87 in 100 of its 228 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia85 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence Gambia83 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 17 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US351 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1014 Brasilia Brazil195 stories about protests or strikes, of its 203 Watertown US174 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193 Jerusalem Israel151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 269 Cairo Egypt143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 230

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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 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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: 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: 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 lessSaudi Arabia: 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: 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 lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: too little coverage to readPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: 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: too little coverage to readChile: 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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 lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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 lessAntigua & 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: 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 usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahrain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSerrekunda, Gambia -- rights & justice: 53 stories, carried by 54 outletsKarbabad, Bahrain -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 15 outletsColorado, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 28 outletsBinghamton, US -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 29 outletsSandeng, Gambia -- rights & justice: 108 stories, carried by 102 outletsNowra, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 17 stories, carried by 93 outletsDakar, Senegal -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 20 outletsBern, Switzerland -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 27 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

● Gambia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bahrain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Argentina warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Serrekunda Gambia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 53 stories ● Karbabad Bahrain about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 33 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Binghamton US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 29 stories ● Sandeng Gambia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 108 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 10,623 stories · less than usual (usually 36%) Disasters & accidents22% 7,173 stories · much more than usual (usually 12%) Conflict & violence19% 6,399 stories · much less than usual (usually 27%) Health15% 4,903 stories · much more than usual (usually 9%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,746 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,039 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 744 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 466 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 killed10,818 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,801 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Japan and Ecuador Stories reporting people injured4,179 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ecuador and Japan Stories reporting arrests4,026 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,014 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Greece and Syria Stories reporting evacuations639 at about three times the usual rate · most about Ecuador and Japan Stories reporting abductions500 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced325 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill26 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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
● 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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