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54,526 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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Violence in Moscow, protests in Caracas (Venezuela) and rights and justice in Yangon drew the news. Poland's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSweden 68 in 100 of its 1,156 stories, usually 47
RegionSoutheast Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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

Russia

2,680 of its 5,726 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Moscow accounted for 2,082 of Russia's 2,680 stories about harm, carried by 1,186 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (1,797 stories). Wildfires were named in 255 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with house fires. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

292 of its 486 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Caracas accounted for 249 of Venezuela's 292 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. 243 of Caracas' 249 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (95 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

152 of its 224 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Yangon accounted for 127 of Myanmar's 152 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Disasters & accidents

Poland

122 of its 328 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (66 stories). Gas explosion was named in 64 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Sweden

788 of its 1,156 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Stockholm accounted for 732 of Sweden's 788 stories about harm, carried by 711 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (195 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

76 of its 99 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Diffa accounted for 60 of Niger's 76 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

New Caledonia

32 of its 35 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Storms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with typhoon.

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

969 of its 2,180 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

748 of its 1,121 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

El Salvador

31 of its 43 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Earthquake was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Puerto Rico (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Haiti (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in Sierra Leone (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in Nepal (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in El Salvador (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 54,526 stories about harm among 251,464 counted on 11 Apr.

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Puerto Rico's news mentioned power cuts more than ten times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 251,464 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Russia, 47% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. On 11 April 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan82 in 100 of its 291 stories · usually 74 · mostly food & livelihood Somalia80 in 100 of its 343 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Niger77 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq72 in 100 of its 735 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Sweden68 in 100 of its 1,156 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia514 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2082 Washington US317 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1738 Damascus Syria244 stories about protests or strikes, of its 622 Caracas Venezuela243 stories about protests or strikes, of its 249 Beijing China204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 380

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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: 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 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: 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 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 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 readOman: 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 lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: 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 lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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 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: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: 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: 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 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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 readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHaiti: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualBuenos Aires, Argentina -- health: 22 stories, carried by 21 outletsSwat, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 33 outletsKathmandu, Nepal -- disasters & accidents: 21 stories, carried by 16 outletsFreetown, Sierra Leone -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsBeka, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -- health: 16 stories, carried by 11 outletsGalkayo, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 17 outletsGalmudug, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 23 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

● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Argentina warmth about one and a half times usual ● Haiti warmth about one and a half times usual ● Myanmar warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ethiopia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Buenos Aires Argentina about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories ● Swat Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 32 stories ● Kathmandu Nepal about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 21 stories ● Freetown Sierra Leone about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Beka Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 15,862 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence27% 14,738 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Health18% 9,461 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 6,085 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,466 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,556 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,392 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,139 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 killed18,778 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,644 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,063 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,595 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,170 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions832 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations602 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people displaced565 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill30 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and Russia

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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