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30,123 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 day's news pointed at protests in Colombo (Sri Lanka), the hurricane in el Salvador and violence in Mogadishu. Somalia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Syria and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSri Lanka 78 in 100 of its 553 stories, usually 30
RegionSouth Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

430 of its 553 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Colombo accounted for 379 of Sri Lanka's 430 stories about harm, carried by 329 outlets. 231 of Colombo's 379 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Landslides were named in 63 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. 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.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Disasters & accidents

El Salvador

51 of its 54 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. el Faro accounted for 51 of el Salvador's 51 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Hurricane was named in 51 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

El Salvador over 30 days → its stories → El Faro stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

307 of its 339 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Mogadishu accounted for 213 of Somalia's 307 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (270 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Rights & justice

Egypt

665 of its 884 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Cairo accounted for 364 of Egypt's 665 stories about harm, carried by 351 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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

Hong Kong

108 of its 167 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Lantau accounted for 94 of Hong Kong's 108 stories about harm, carried by 3 outlets. 90 of Lantau's 94 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

1,789 of its 2,185 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (768 stories). Drownings were named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

202 of its 439 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 144 of Riyadh's 161 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (137 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

320 of its 394 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Niger

18 of its 24 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. 13 of Niamey's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Philippines

Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (35 stories). Drownings were named in 54 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone and cholera. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Costa Rica (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Peru (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); power cuts in New Zealand (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Iran (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in Philippines (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 25 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 30,123 stories about harm among 118,622 counted on 16 Apr.

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Evacuations were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Syria and the US. the news turned to Sri Lanka for the third day running. Sri Lanka's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%. of the day's 118,622 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. This week the news turned most often to Venezuela, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

El Salvador94 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 51 · mostly disasters & accidents South Sudan93 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia91 in 100 of its 339 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Syria82 in 100 of its 2,185 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq81 in 100 of its 394 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Berkeley US728 stories about protests or strikes, of its 944 Washington US442 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1014 Madaya Syria235 stories about protests or strikes, of its 577 Colombo Sri Lanka231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 379 Harpursville US155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 171

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 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 lessNiger: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 readJapan: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: 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 lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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 lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 lessBangladesh: 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 lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualUK: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualVatican City: warmth about its own usualDeadhorse, US -- displacement: 164 stories, carried by 197 outletsMuradiye, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 11 outletsGeorgia, US -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 26 outletsRome, Italy -- conflict & violence: 70 stories, carried by 75 outletsWest Midlands, UK -- displacement: 30 stories, carried by 32 outletsDiyarbakir, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 48 stories, carried by 32 outletsLough Derg, Ireland -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 33 stories, carried by 32 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

● Hong Kong warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Deadhorse US about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 164 stories ● Muradiye Türkiye about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Georgia US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 25 stories ● Rome Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 70 stories ● West Midlands UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 30 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 10,382 stories · much more than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence27% 7,916 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Health14% 4,031 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents12% 3,588 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,619 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,137 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 696 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 371 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 killed11,583 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting arrests4,831 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people affected4,343 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people injured2,685 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,066 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting refugees1,017 at about twice the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Saudi Arabia Stories reporting abductions281 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Italy and the US Stories reporting people displaced219 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Lebanon and Haiti

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 softer than 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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