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50,272 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 Alexandria, protests in Caracas (Venezuela) and volcanic eruption in Iceland. Finland's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostEgypt 83 in 100 of its 2,887 stories, usually 46
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 51 in 100 of its stories, usually 48
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

Egypt

2,392 of its 2,887 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Alexandria accounted for 1,287 of Egypt's 2,392 stories about harm, carried by 876 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Alexandria stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

383 of its 546 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Caracas accounted for 339 of Venezuela's 383 stories about harm, carried by 261 outlets. 331 of Caracas' 339 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (143 stories).

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

Iceland

43 of its 98 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Iceland over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Finland

45 of its 151 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Respiratory illness was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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

Niger

80 of its 85 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Diffa accounted for 78 of Niger's 80 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sweden

882 of its 1,235 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Stockholm accounted for 846 of Sweden's 882 stories about harm, carried by 723 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (104 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Argentina

79 of its 276 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 60 of Buenos Aires' 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

China

1,023 of its 4,814 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 226 of Beijing's 354 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Train derailment was named in 77 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

842 of its 1,367 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jerusalem accounted for 599 of Israel's 842 stories about harm, carried by 311 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (56 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

531 of its 643 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Mogadishu accounted for 357 of Somalia's 531 stories about harm, carried by 305 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Poland (63 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cyclone in New Caledonia (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Hungary (67 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Georgia (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Canada (113 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 27 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 50,272 stories about harm among 223,658 counted on 10 Apr.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Egypt. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 223,658 stories, as usual. Mentions of plane crash ran about 8 times their usual in Poland's news. In Egypt, 83% of the news was about people being harmed, where 46% is usual. On 10 April 2016, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger94 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Egypt83 in 100 of its 2,887 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia83 in 100 of its 643 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan76 in 100 of its 237 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir72 in 100 of its 469 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela331 stories about protests or strikes, of its 339 Moscow Russia313 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1069 Washington US282 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1525 Alexandria Egypt278 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1287 Hudson River US263 stories about protests or strikes, of its 606

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 lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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 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 lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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 readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: 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 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 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 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 lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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 readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: 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 lessMyanmar: 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 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 lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBahrain: 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 readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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): 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 lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: 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 readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualChad: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBurundi: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBenin: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualKentucky, US -- health: 68 stories, carried by 65 outletsKrafla, Iceland -- disasters & accidents: 23 stories, carried by 19 outletsSpoleto, Italy -- other: 22 stories, carried by 22 outletsSwat, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 41 stories, carried by 41 outletsUtah, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 13 outletsGlasgow, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 47 stories, carried by 117 outletsBeijing, China -- rights & justice: 354 stories, carried by 247 outletsGalmudug, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 17 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

● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Niger warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ethiopia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Burundi warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kentucky US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 68 stories ● Krafla Iceland about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 23 stories ● Spoleto Italy about twice as warm as the day's news · other · 22 stories ● Swat Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 41 stories ● Utah US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence31% 15,342 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Rights & justice27% 13,384 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Health17% 8,213 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 5,754 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,304 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,423 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,262 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 739 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 killed19,586 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt Stories reporting people injured6,233 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt Stories reporting arrests6,125 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,386 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,019 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced706 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Russia Stories reporting abductions587 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations301 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt Stories reporting people falling ill52 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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.

● 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.