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48,194 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 the tsunami in Chile, people killed in Ghana and volcanic eruption in Congo. Congo's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostArmenia 78 in 100 of its 615 stories, usually 26
RegionSouth Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Chile

161 of its 274 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Santiago accounted for 124 of Chile's 161 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (70 stories). Tsunami was named in 94 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Chile over 30 days → its stories → Santiago stories →
Health

Ghana

497 of its 1,395 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (373 stories). HIV was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Ghana over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Congo

121 of its 133 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (74 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

1,088 of its 1,891 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (287 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Paraguay

93 of its 106 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Ciudad del Este accounted for 87 of Paraguay's 93 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

481 of its 615 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (242 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

258 of its 420 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (189 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Cameroon

130 of its 180 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Guatemala

162 of its 185 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Agua Caliente accounted for 137 of Guatemala's 162 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. 136 of Agua Caliente's 137 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Poland

175 of its 373 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (156 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cholera in Mexico (98 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Greece (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Norway (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Romania (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); measles in Saudi Arabia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 48,194 stories about harm among 220,252 counted on 24 Apr.

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Chile's news was 59% about people being harmed, against a usual 15%. of the day's 220,252 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Mentions of the tsunami ran about 4 times their usual in Chile's news. On 24 April 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo91 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 70 · mostly rights & justice Paraguay88 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 46 · mostly disasters & accidents Guatemala88 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Libya85 in 100 of its 203 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan83 in 100 of its 1,634 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France1343 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1937 New Orleans US341 stories about protests or strikes, of its 434 Washington US280 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1794 Caracas Venezuela247 stories about protests or strikes, of its 264 Boundary County US152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152

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 lessYemen: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: too little coverage to readSomaliland: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 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 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 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 lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: 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 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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 lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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 lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: 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: 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: 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 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: 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 lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: 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 readUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about twice its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCroatia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualSouth Dakota, US -- health: 26 stories, carried by 26 outletsKhost, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 61 stories, carried by 47 outletsKodanad, India -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsCanberra, Australia -- health: 57 stories, carried by 99 outletsHarrison County, US -- health: 67 stories, carried by 152 outletsKramatorsk, Ukraine -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 20 stories, carried by 25 outletsCampbelltown, Australia -- health: 34 stories, carried by 12 outletsMigori, Kenya -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 11 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

● Guatemala warmth about twice usual ● Croatia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ukraine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● South Dakota US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 26 stories ● Khost Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 61 stories ● Kodanad India about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 12 stories ● Canberra Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 57 stories ● Harrison County US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 67 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 14,729 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence24% 11,263 stories · about as usual Health20% 9,260 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents13% 6,040 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,649 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,524 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,021 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 711 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 killed16,824 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,380 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,095 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,993 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees881 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions579 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced343 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations281 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than usual
● Feara little less than 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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