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44,431 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 news turned to deaths in Lisbon, protests in Colombo (Sri Lanka) and rights and justice in Tirana. Armenia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPortugal 73 in 100 of its 396 stories, usually 15
RegionCentral Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Portugal

289 of its 396 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Lisbon accounted for 277 of Portugal's 289 stories about harm, carried by 359 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (109 stories). Plane crash was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories → Lisbon stories →
Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

466 of its 631 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Colombo accounted for 396 of Sri Lanka's 466 stories about harm, carried by 408 outlets. 269 of Colombo's 396 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (364 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Rights & justice

Albania

128 of its 210 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tirana accounted for 123 of Albania's 128 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (68 stories).

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

129 of its 251 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Vietnam

267 of its 618 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 108 of Hanoi's 184 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Accidents were named in 95 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

672 of its 1,098 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Ramallah accounted for 441 of Palestine's 672 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. 281 of Ramallah's 441 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Libya

202 of its 250 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (143 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Thailand

183 of its 384 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (77 stories). Poisoning was named in 58 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Czechia

52 of its 119 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Nepal

157 of its 304 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kathmandu accounted for 115 of Nepal's 157 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (100 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Kenya (114 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Vanuatu (40 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); accidents in Vietnam (95 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Thailand (58 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in New Zealand (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

23 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 17 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 44,431 stories about harm among 196,013 counted on 17 Apr.

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Portugal stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 15%. 23 in every 100 of the day's 196,013 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Kenya's news, mentions of the drought ran about three times their usual. On 17 April 2016, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Vanuatu86 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo84 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Libya81 in 100 of its 250 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Yemen79 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan74 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Little Rock US618 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1020 Ramallah Palestine281 stories about protests or strikes, of its 441 Istanbul Türkiye272 stories about protests or strikes, of its 438 Colombo Sri Lanka269 stories about protests or strikes, of its 396 Washington US183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1138

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: 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 readSwitzerland: 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 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: too little coverage to readSierra 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 lessKuwait: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIreland: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 readSt 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: 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 usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualDeadhorse, US -- displacement: 216 stories, carried by 239 outletsHouston, US -- health: 320 stories, carried by 281 outletsAmman, Jordan -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsColchester, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 11 outletsKumasi, Ghana -- health: 18 stories, carried by 10 outletsTartus, Syria -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 32 outletsLogone, Chad -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 64 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 35 stories, carried by 18 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

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

Warmest events

● Deadhorse US about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 216 stories ● Houston US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 320 stories ● Amman Jordan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Colchester UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Kumasi Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 13,528 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 8,487 stories · much less than usual (usually 25%) Health19% 8,378 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents13% 5,808 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given9% 3,930 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Displacement4% 1,579 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,306 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 667 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 killed16,275 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,381 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,879 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,136 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees781 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations761 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the UK Stories reporting abductions558 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced306 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sri Lanka and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill48 at about half the usual rate · most about the US 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 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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