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25,762 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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Most of the day's attention went to deaths in Mount Everest, protests in Baghdad (Iraq) and violence in Peul. Iraq's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBurkina Faso 93 in 100 of its 139 stories, usually 27
RegionCentral Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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 →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Nepal

384 of its 587 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Mount Everest accounted for 328 of Nepal's 384 stories about harm, carried by 397 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (341 stories). Hypothermia was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Mount Everest stories →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

432 of its 521 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. 114 of Baghdad's 173 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (349 stories). Illness was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

129 of its 139 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Peul accounted for 109 of Burkina Faso's 129 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (129 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Peul stories →
Health

Denmark

19 of its 68 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Belarus

67 of its 82 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Minsk accounted for 58 of Belarus' 67 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. 58 of Minsk's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

408 of its 479 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. 186 of Caracas' 196 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (219 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

147 of its 194 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Skopje accounted for 116 of North Macedonia's 147 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. 113 of Skopje's 116 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Cuba

164 of its 381 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (154 stories). Plane crash was named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

249 of its 623 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (113 stories). Hunger was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Kyrgyzstan

34 of its 44 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Poland (118 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tornadoes in China (281 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in North Korea (94 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); accidents in Ukraine (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Cuba (52 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

21 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 30 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 25,762 stories about harm among 120,920 counted on 30 Apr.

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Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 120,920 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Poland's news mentioned plane crash about 5 times as often as usual. Nepal's news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 35%. On 30 April 2016, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to North Macedonia, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso93 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen89 in 100 of its 174 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela85 in 100 of its 479 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Iraq83 in 100 of its 521 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Belarus82 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US268 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1208 Caracas Venezuela186 stories about protests or strikes, of its 196 Ramallah Palestine182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 277 Baghdad Iraq114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173 Jerusalem Israel113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 398

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 lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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 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 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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: 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 lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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 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 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSlovakia: 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 one and a half times its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: 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 usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSidi Bouzid, Tunisia -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsNebraska, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsNew Orleans, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 80 stories, carried by 105 outletsNassau, Bahamas -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 18 outletsKunduz, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsNadda, India -- health: 17 stories, carried by 13 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 24 stories, carried by 29 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 74 stories, carried by 64 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

● Poland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Slovakia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tunisia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Sidi Bouzid Tunisia about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Nebraska US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● New Orleans US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 80 stories ● Nassau Bahamas about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 19 stories ● Kunduz Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 7,282 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 5,438 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents21% 5,374 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Health14% 3,625 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,160 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 781 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 400 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 357 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 killed9,230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,432 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,266 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Venezuela Stories reporting people affected2,780 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees376 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people displaced201 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions197 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations187 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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 as 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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