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54,434 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 drownings in Senegal, protests in Caracas (Venezuela) and violence in Ciudad del Este. Thailand'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 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostChile 77 in 100 of its 682 stories, usually 18
RegionSouth Asia 31 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

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Disasters & accidents

Senegal

132 of its 156 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Dakar accounted for 81 of Senegal's 132 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (57 stories). Drownings were named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

476 of its 724 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Caracas accounted for 343 of Venezuela's 476 stories about harm, carried by 273 outlets. 331 of Caracas' 343 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (230 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Conflict & violence

Paraguay

160 of its 180 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Ciudad del Este accounted for 157 of Paraguay's 160 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Paraguay over 30 days → its stories → Ciudad del Este stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Thailand

335 of its 887 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (216 stories). Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Chile

528 of its 682 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Santiago accounted for 418 of Chile's 528 stories about harm, carried by 438 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Avalanche was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

303 of its 554 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Luhansk accounted for 235 of Ukraine's 303 stories about harm, carried by 206 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (198 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Kenya

430 of its 1,214 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Road crashes were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

335 of its 485 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nepal

256 of its 387 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 94 of Sankhu's 146 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (103 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Netherlands

218 of its 658 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (146 stories). Hurricane was named in 132 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tornadoes.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Netherlands (132 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Gambia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Somalia (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Ecuador (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tuberculosis in Liberia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 54,434 stories about harm among 256,165 counted on 25 Apr.

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In Senegal, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 256,165 stories, as usual. Mentions of the hurricane ran more than ten times their usual in the Netherlands' news. On 25 April 2016, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Paraguay89 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Senegal85 in 100 of its 156 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen79 in 100 of its 700 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Chile77 in 100 of its 682 stories · usually 18 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan74 in 100 of its 730 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela331 stories about protests or strikes, of its 343 Ramallah Palestine266 stories about protests or strikes, of its 274 Washington US238 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2037 Chicago US162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 516 San Francisco US142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 543

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: 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 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: 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 lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: 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: 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 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 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 lessNorth Korea: 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 lessNiue: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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 lessMali: 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 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 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 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 readCuba: 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 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 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 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 lessBahrain: 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: 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 lessAlbania: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readSouth Sudan: warmth about twice its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCyprus: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCroatia: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBurundi: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualDinka, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 32 outletsLas Vegas, US -- health: 63 stories, carried by 129 outletsCairo, Egypt -- conflict & violence: 307 stories, carried by 210 outletsBoise, US -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 18 outletsKramatorsk, Ukraine -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- conflict & violence: 51 stories, carried by 33 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 15 outletsBujumbura, Burundi -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 12 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 Sudan warmth about twice usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cyprus warmth about one and a half times usual ● Guatemala warmth about one and a half times usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Dinka South Sudan about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 29 stories ● Las Vegas US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 63 stories ● Cairo Egypt about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 307 stories ● Boise US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 20 stories ● Kramatorsk Ukraine about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 15,490 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 11,307 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Health21% 11,276 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents13% 7,151 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 4,402 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,540 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,099 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,088 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 killed20,396 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,648 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,383 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,257 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees905 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions489 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced449 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations400 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Chile Stories reporting people falling ill146 at about one and a half times 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.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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