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36,553 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 landslides in Kenya, protests in Berlin (Germany) and people killed in Puerto Rico. Sudan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNorway 78 in 100 of its 631 stories, usually 24
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Kenya

1,353 of its 2,099 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Nairobi accounted for 1,252 of Kenya's 1,353 stories about harm, carried by 790 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Landslides were named in 153 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Protests & strikes

Germany

557 of its 1,399 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 213 of Berlin's 231 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (285 stories). Extreme cold was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories → Berlin stories →
Health

Puerto Rico

164 of its 242 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (69 stories). Dengue was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Puerto Rico over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

126 of its 140 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Plane crash was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Afghanistan

538 of its 730 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Kunduz accounted for 313 of Afghanistan's 538 stories about harm, carried by 346 outlets. 195 of Kunduz's 313 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Côte d’Ivoire

57 of its 64 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Abidjan accounted for 55 of Côte d’Ivoire's 57 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (55 stories).

its stories →
Health

Colombia

78 of its 130 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Outbreaks were named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with malaria and poisoning.

its stories →
Health

Czechia

53 of its 129 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Mauritania

15 of its 17 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 15 of Nouakchott's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →
Food & livelihood

Peru

95 of its 181 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (75 stories). Hunger was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Haiti (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Colombia (28 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Peru (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Belgium (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in India (178 of its stories, about three 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 30 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 36,553 stories about harm among 187,917 counted on 30 Apr.

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On the side of help, reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 187,917 stories, as usual. Kenya's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. In Haiti's news, mentions of the drought ran about three times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen93 in 100 of its 163 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan90 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Côte d’Ivoire89 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 24 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given South Sudan81 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Norway78 in 100 of its 631 stories · usually 24 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Orange County US407 stories about protests or strikes, of its 444 Baghdad Iraq399 stories about protests or strikes, of its 916 San Francisco US364 stories about protests or strikes, of its 804 Aleppo Syria339 stories about protests or strikes, of its 890 Berlin Germany213 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: 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: 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 lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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 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: 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 lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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 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 lessArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualBisha, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 40 stories, carried by 37 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- conflict & violence: 56 stories, carried by 11 outletsMaryland, US -- other: 32 stories, carried by 14 outletsKentucky, US -- health: 47 stories, carried by 41 outletsPrague, Czechia -- health: 53 stories, carried by 43 outletsSanaa, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 54 stories, carried by 36 outletsBelgrade, -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 16 outletsTehran, Iran -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 190 stories, carried by 158 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

● United Arab Emirates warmth about one and a half times usual ● Czechia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bisha Saudi Arabia about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 40 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 56 stories ● Maryland US about twice as warm as the day's news · other · 32 stories ● Kentucky US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 47 stories ● Prague Czechia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 53 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 10,329 stories · less than usual (usually 34%) Conflict & violence21% 7,677 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 6,543 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Health18% 6,459 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,366 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,126 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 754 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 585 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 killed13,689 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,302 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,746 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees703 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Germany and Singapore Stories reporting abductions588 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced453 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations161 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill91 at about twice the usual rate · most about Qatar 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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmtha little less than usual
● Griefa little more than 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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