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58,832 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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Protests in Lusaka (Zambia), violence in Kabul and illness in Mpoko drew the news. Zambia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostZambia 67 in 100 of its 346 stories, usually 20
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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

Zambia

232 of its 346 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Lusaka accounted for 204 of Zambia's 232 stories about harm, carried by 182 outlets. 170 of Lusaka's 204 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (200 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Zambia over 30 days → its stories → Lusaka stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

814 of its 953 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Kabul accounted for 700 of Afghanistan's 814 stories about harm, carried by 523 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (572 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
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Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

160 of its 240 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Skopje accounted for 155 of North Macedonia's 160 stories about harm, carried by 158 outlets. 138 of Skopje's 155 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (150 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Morocco

98 of its 201 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Norway

269 of its 720 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Gambia

71 of its 150 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 32 of Sandeng's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Iran

409 of its 1,049 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

76 of its 138 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 21 of Sittwe's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: accidents in Ukraine (103 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (350 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Uruguay (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); dengue in Angola (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Senegal (14 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 20 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 58,832 stories about harm among 302,350 counted on 20 Apr.

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Zambia's news was 67% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. In Pakistan's news, mentions of the polio ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 302,350 stories, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic89 in 100 of its 177 stories · usually 57 · mostly health Afghanistan85 in 100 of its 953 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Ecuador84 in 100 of its 1,844 stories · usually 79 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen76 in 100 of its 409 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon75 in 100 of its 651 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US399 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1822 Damascus Syria285 stories about protests or strikes, of its 430 Boston US222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 634 Salt Lake City US182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254 Lusaka Zambia170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204

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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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 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 lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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 lessRomania: 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 lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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 lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: too little coverage to readItaly: 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 lessIreland: 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 lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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 readCuba: 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 lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: 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 lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: 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 readArgentina: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: warmth about its own usualVanuatu: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUK: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualSupt, France -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 101 outletsMashat, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsKokomo, US -- rights & justice: 49 stories, carried by 46 outletsXiao Li, China -- rights & justice: 90 stories, carried by 80 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 168 stories, carried by 125 outletsByron Bay, Australia -- health: 11 stories, carried by 32 outletsEast Setauket, US -- food & livelihood: 22 stories, carried by 12 outletsRabat, Morocco -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 12 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

● Morocco warmth about one and a half times usual ● Vanuatu warmth about one and a half times usual ● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Central African Republic warmth about one and a half times usual ● Chile warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Supt France about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Mashat Yemen about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Kokomo US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 49 stories ● Xiao Li China about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 90 stories ● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 168 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 16,846 stories · much less than usual (usually 36%) Health19% 11,014 stories · much more than usual (usually 10%) Conflict & violence19% 10,798 stories · much less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents18% 10,209 stories · much more than usual (usually 13%) Shelter & services5% 2,978 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,723 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,957 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 989 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 killed18,266 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,931 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ecuador Stories reporting arrests7,815 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,937 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees1,627 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations905 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Japan Stories reporting people displaced553 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill47 at about half 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 →

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The words in the day's stories were much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout two-thirds of usual
● Warmtha little less than usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout two-thirds of 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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