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30,572 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 volcanic eruption in Colombia, protests in Asuncion (Paraguay) and the drought in Madagascar. Colombia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Colombia and Australia → Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostColombia 92 in 100 of its 1,956 stories, usually 38
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 55 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Colombia

1,805 of its 1,956 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Mocoa accounted for 1,591 of Colombia's 1,805 stories about harm, carried by 1,120 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (260 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 475 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms and wildfires. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Mocoa stories →
Protests & strikes

Paraguay

260 of its 366 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Asuncion accounted for 217 of Paraguay's 260 stories about harm, carried by 212 outlets. 207 of Asuncion's 217 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (78 stories).

Paraguay over 30 days → its stories → Asuncion stories →
Health

Madagascar

109 of its 135 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Bemainty accounted for 109 of Madagascar's 109 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Drought was named in 109 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Armenia

237 of its 751 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 182 of Yerevan's 216 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (228 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Uruguay

99 of its 112 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Montevideo accounted for 91 of Uruguay's 99 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (98 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Burkina Faso

20 of its 23 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 17 of Ouagadougou's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories).

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Mexico

184 of its 458 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (139 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

93 of its 195 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 84 of Lantau's 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (86 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Pakistan

964 of its 1,837 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (484 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: drownings in Guam (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in France (102 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Trinidad & Tobago (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in Nigeria (67 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in China (45 of its stories, about 4 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 2 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 30,572 stories about harm among 123,291 counted on 2 Apr.

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Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Colombia and Australia. It was the second day running that the news turned to Colombia. In Colombia, 92% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 123,291 stories, above the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Colombia92 in 100 of its 1,956 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Uruguay88 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 14 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria82 in 100 of its 434 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia81 in 100 of its 169 stories · usually 69 · mostly rights & justice Madagascar81 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 65 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia229 stories about protests or strikes, of its 465 Asuncion Paraguay207 stories about protests or strikes, of its 217 London UK195 stories about protests or strikes, of its 915 San Francisco US194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 298 Yerevan Armenia182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 216

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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 lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: 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 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 readTunisia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: 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 readSomalia: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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 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 readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 lessNorth 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 lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: 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 readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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 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: 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: 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: 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 lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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 lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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 lessChina: 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: 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 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 readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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 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 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualMadagascar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualDiyarbakir, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsYerevan, Armenia -- rights & justice: 216 stories, carried by 202 outletsNampa, US -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 11 outletsGuangzhou, China -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 32 outletsDurban, South Africa -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsOttawa, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 22 stories, carried by 19 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 37 stories, carried by 26 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

● Armenia warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ecuador warmth about one and a half times usual ● Madagascar warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Africa warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Diyarbakir Türkiye about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Yerevan Armenia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 216 stories ● Nampa US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Guangzhou China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 27 stories ● Durban South Africa about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 9,440 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents24% 7,264 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence16% 4,916 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Health15% 4,447 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,874 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,109 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 602 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 376 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 killed11,148 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Colombia Stories reporting people affected5,028 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Colombia and the US Stories reporting arrests4,625 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting people injured4,038 at about twice the usual rate · most about Colombia and the US Stories reporting refugees538 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations483 at about twice the usual rate · most about Colombia and Australia Stories reporting abductions336 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced291 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill128 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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