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35,826 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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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Yerevan, protests in Doha (Qatar) and people killed in Sweden. Armenia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostBangladesh 70 in 100 of its 967 stories, usually 41
RegionOceania 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

421 of its 647 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Yerevan accounted for 307 of Armenia's 421 stories about harm, carried by 242 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories → Yerevan stories →
Protests & strikes

Qatar

49 of its 305 stories (16%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. 30 of Doha's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (33 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Qatar over 30 days → its stories → Doha stories →
Health

Sweden

58 of its 185 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Jordan

58 of its 213 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Syria

968 of its 1,141 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (235 stories). Hunger was named in 94 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

678 of its 967 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 173 of Binodpur's 303 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Ukraine

71 of its 169 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Accidents were named in 25 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

18 of its 55 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 5 of Manama's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Australia

813 of its 4,052 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (355 stories). Road crashes were named in 131 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with hunger, food poisoning and poisoning.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

244 of its 368 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in Samoa (49 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in Saudi Arabia (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Ukraine (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Rwanda (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Australia (131 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 35,826 stories about harm among 169,444 counted on 23 Apr.

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21 in every 100 of the day's 169,444 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen88 in 100 of its 294 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Syria85 in 100 of its 1,141 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Mali80 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Ecuador74 in 100 of its 447 stories · usually 80 · mostly disasters & accidents South Sudan71 in 100 of its 164 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK226 stories about protests or strikes, of its 752 Hannover Germany212 stories about protests or strikes, of its 218 Dhaka Bangladesh191 stories about protests or strikes, of its 262 Washington US189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1101 Aleppo Syria177 stories about protests or strikes, of its 315

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 lessYemen: 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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 readSaudi 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 lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: 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 lessMalaysia: 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 lessNorth 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: 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 lessKuwait: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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 readFinland: 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 lessEgypt: 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: 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 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: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readThailand: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualBurlington, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 19 outletsAdamawa, Nigeria -- displacement: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsSouth Dakota, US -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsMarib, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 20 outletsPerth, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 17 outletsGreat Barrier Reef, Australia -- shelter & services: 24 stories, carried by 19 outletsSwindon, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 18 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 22 stories, carried by 13 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

● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Armenia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Burlington US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Adamawa Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 12 stories ● South Dakota US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Marib Yemen about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 33 stories ● Perth Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 10,184 stories · much less than usual (usually 35%) Conflict & violence24% 8,334 stories · about as usual Health16% 5,677 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Disasters & accidents14% 4,880 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given9% 3,309 stories · more than usual (usually 7%) Shelter & services3% 1,210 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,080 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 641 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 killed13,358 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,193 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,186 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,431 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,250 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Greece Stories reporting abductions697 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced315 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations236 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about a third 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout two-thirds of usual
● Warmtha little less than usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.