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53,381 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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Protests in Skopje (North Macedonia), violence in Kupwara and snowstorms in Nepal drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorth Macedonia 56 in 100 of its 732 stories, usually 21
RegionSouth Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

408 of its 732 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Skopje accounted for 386 of North Macedonia's 408 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. 386 of Skopje's 386 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (344 stories).

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories → Skopje stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

374 of its 554 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Kupwara accounted for 272 of Kashmir's 374 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (204 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Kupwara stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

175 of its 347 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Snowstorms were named in 71 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Palestine

308 of its 519 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Power cuts were named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Senegal

150 of its 239 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Dakar accounted for 142 of Senegal's 150 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. 95 of Dakar's 142 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

730 of its 958 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Caracas accounted for 568 of Venezuela's 730 stories about harm, carried by 451 outlets. 528 of Caracas' 568 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (335 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Czechia

35 of its 198 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 18 of Prague's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

Damascus accounted for 1,397 of Syria's 1,874 stories about harm, carried by 696 outlets. 1,016 of Damascus' 1,397 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (306 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Burkina Faso

26 of its 55 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 22 of Ouagadougou's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

57 of its 96 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 3 of Port-au-Prince's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Ethiopia (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Switzerland (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Italy (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Denmark (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Sudan (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 53,381 stories about harm among 266,759 counted on 27 Apr.

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North Macedonia's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. On 27 April 2016, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 20 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 266,759 stories, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan78 in 100 of its 785 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela76 in 100 of its 958 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice South Sudan75 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 77 · mostly displacement Yemen69 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir68 in 100 of its 554 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Damascus Syria1016 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1397 Berkeley US846 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1444 Caracas Venezuela528 stories about protests or strikes, of its 568 Skopje North Macedonia386 stories about protests or strikes, of its 386 Washington US314 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2341

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: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: 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 lessNorth Korea: 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 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 lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 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 lessLuxembourg: 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 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 readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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 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 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 readFrance: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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 lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: too little coverage to readBahrain: 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: too little coverage to readWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readTajikistan: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualRapides, US -- health: 37 stories, carried by 37 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 45 stories, carried by 28 outletsScottsville, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 15 outletsGreat Barrier Reef, Australia -- health: 26 stories, carried by 25 outletsCoffs Harbour, Australia -- health: 13 stories, carried by 27 outletsMirjaveh, Iran -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 18 outletsIslamabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 306 stories, carried by 170 outletsCairo, Egypt -- conflict & violence: 348 stories, carried by 301 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

● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Guatemala warmth about one and a half times usual ● Pakistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kenya warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Rapides US about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 37 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 45 stories ● Scottsville US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Great Barrier Reef Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 26 stories ● Coffs Harbour Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 16,214 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence23% 11,753 stories · about as usual Health19% 9,808 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 6,239 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,431 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,908 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,470 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,337 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 killed16,630 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,672 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,345 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,317 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and North Macedonia Stories reporting refugees1,103 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced543 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations482 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US Stories reporting abductions426 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill38 at about a third of 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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