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52,336 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 protests in Maroua (Cameroon), building collapse in Ecuador and abductions in Afghanistan. Cameroon's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about China and the US → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostChile 57 in 100 of its 326 stories, usually 19
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Cameroon

250 of its 316 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Maroua accounted for 163 of Cameroon's 250 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. 108 of Maroua's 163 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories → Maroua stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ecuador

2,329 of its 2,571 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (627 stories). Building collapse was named in 238 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

433 of its 581 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (48 stories). Polio was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Kashmir

239 of its 412 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Handwara accounted for 193 of Kashmir's 239 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. 120 of Handwara's 193 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (197 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Gambia

108 of its 198 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 58 of Sandeng's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Indonesia

387 of its 733 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 148 of Jakarta's 232 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (156 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zambia

64 of its 163 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 28 of Lusaka's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Somalia

239 of its 284 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Mogadishu accounted for 135 of Somalia's 239 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Uruguay

50 of its 67 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: rabies in Australia (246 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in North Korea (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Mexico (40 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); storms in United Arab Emirates (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Ghana (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 25 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 52,336 stories about harm among 240,895 counted on 18 Apr.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about China and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 240,895 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. In Australia's news, mentions of rabies ran more than ten times their usual. Cameroon stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 44%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ecuador91 in 100 of its 2,571 stories · usually 71 · mostly disasters & accidents Burundi85 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia84 in 100 of its 284 stories · usually 75 · mostly disasters & accidents Cameroon79 in 100 of its 316 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen75 in 100 of its 339 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US339 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1703 Latakia Syria256 stories about protests or strikes, of its 379 Jerusalem Israel184 stories about protests or strikes, of its 900 Brasilia Brazil173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 238 London UK167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 629

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 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSpain: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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 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 readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 readKazakhstan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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 lessIndia: 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 lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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: 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: 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 lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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 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 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 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 lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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 lessVatican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualVietnam: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBurundi: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSuffolk, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 123 outletsSerrekunda, Gambia -- rights & justice: 40 stories, carried by 35 outletsTampa Bay, US -- rights & justice: 179 stories, carried by 167 outletsCharleston, US -- health: 31 stories, carried by 26 outletsSemipalatinsk, Kazakhstan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsQila, Pakistan -- health: 18 stories, carried by 13 outletsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsSandeng, Gambia -- rights & justice: 62 stories, carried by 45 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

● Brazil warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● Vietnam warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Suffolk UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Serrekunda Gambia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 40 stories ● Tampa Bay US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 179 stories ● Charleston US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 31 stories ● Semipalatinsk Kazakhstan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 15,217 stories · much less than usual (usually 36%) Conflict & violence20% 10,475 stories · much less than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents20% 10,029 stories · much more than usual (usually 12%) Health18% 9,157 stories · much more than usual (usually 9%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,848 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,581 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,153 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 890 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 killed16,725 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,038 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ecuador Stories reporting arrests6,134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,008 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,237 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Lebanon and the US Stories reporting refugees1,005 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Greece and Cameroon Stories reporting people displaced643 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations629 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ecuador and China Stories reporting people falling ill198 at about three times the usual rate · most about China and the US

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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.