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55,074 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 Mogadishu, protests in Caracas (Venezuela) and the avalanche in Kashmir. Somalia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Syria and the US → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 44 in 100 of its 227 stories, usually 19
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 55 in 100 of its stories, usually 45
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

528 of its 631 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Mogadishu accounted for 249 of Somalia's 528 stories about harm, carried by 213 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (229 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

277 of its 462 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Caracas accounted for 250 of Venezuela's 277 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. 230 of Caracas' 250 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (87 stories).

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

219 of its 335 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (79 stories). Avalanche was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with snowstorms.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Sudan

184 of its 260 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Darfur accounted for 120 of Sudan's 184 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (110 stories).

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

152 of its 374 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 88 of Lantau's 108 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

134 of its 183 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tripoli accounted for 82 of Libya's 134 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (62 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

656 of its 1,716 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Cyclone was named in 218 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with tropical storm.

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Conflict & violence

Kiribati

8 of its 10 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Argentina

83 of its 315 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 58 of Buenos Aires' 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

364 of its 508 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kabul accounted for 276 of Afghanistan's 364 stories about harm, carried by 172 outlets. Storms were named in 52 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: dengue in Brazil (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (218 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in Iran (31 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in South Korea (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 55,074 stories about harm among 261,059 counted on 6 Apr.

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People falling ill were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Syria and the US. of the day's 261,059 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Brazil's news mentioned the dengue more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. On 6 April 2016, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia84 in 100 of its 631 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Syria79 in 100 of its 6,129 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen75 in 100 of its 191 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Libya73 in 100 of its 183 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan72 in 100 of its 508 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Idlib Syria602 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1567 Khan Sheikhoun Syria306 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1154 Washington US306 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1738 Caracas Venezuela230 stories about protests or strikes, of its 250 Moscow Russia215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 638

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKiribati: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJersey: coverage a little more fearful than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 4,854 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 370 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 144 stories about harm ● Singapore about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 125 stories about harm ● Gambia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 87 stories about harm ● Rwanda about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 72 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 15,368 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Conflict & violence25% 13,251 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Health18% 9,730 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 7,788 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,682 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,873 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,199 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,192 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 killed18,405 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,908 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,920 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting refugees922 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill398 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions384 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting evacuations357 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about New Zealand and the US Stories reporting people displaced315 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Syria

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 more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as 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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