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24,643 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 violence in Berlin, protests in Ghouta (Syria) and people affected in Hungary. Syria's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGermany 67 in 100 of its 1,986 stories, usually 20
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 57 in 100 of its stories, usually 45
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Germany

1,321 of its 1,986 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Berlin accounted for 590 of Germany's 1,321 stories about harm, carried by 485 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,013 stories). Plane crash was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories → Berlin stories →
Protests & strikes

Syria

2,661 of its 3,144 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Ghouta accounted for 2,064 of Syria's 2,661 stories about harm, carried by 1,374 outlets. 1,267 of Ghouta's 2,064 stories were about protests or strikes. Poisoning was named in 511 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Ghouta stories →
Rights & justice

Hungary

258 of its 1,087 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (81 stories). Landslides were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Hungary over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

80 of its 184 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories).

Fiji over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Israel

1,025 of its 1,499 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Jerusalem accounted for 458 of Israel's 1,025 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (776 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

541 of its 789 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Gaza accounted for 314 of Palestine's 541 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. 182 of Gaza's 314 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (248 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Sierra Leone

17 of its 30 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 10 of Freetown's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (10 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Libya

90 of its 104 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Tripoli accounted for 83 of Libya's 90 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories).

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Rights & justice

Brazil

340 of its 756 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

61 of its 66 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Bangui accounted for 60 of the Central African Republic's 61 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (59 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Saudi Arabia (79 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Singapore (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in North Korea (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Italy (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Sierra Leone (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 24,643 stories about harm among 105,206 counted on 8 Apr.

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In Germany, 67% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 105,206 stories, above the usual 22. Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. In Saudi Arabia's news, mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Germany for the second day running. This week the news turned most often to Fiji, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic92 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Libya87 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Syria85 in 100 of its 3,144 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen69 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine69 in 100 of its 789 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ghouta Syria1267 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2064 Washington US329 stories about protests or strikes, of its 707 Gaza Palestine182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 314 Jerusalem Israel170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 458 Islamabad Pakistan149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221

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: 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 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 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 readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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 readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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 readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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 lessCameroon: 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBahrain: 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 usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKidal, Mali -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsEast River, US -- disasters & accidents: 22 stories, carried by 109 outletsBenue, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 15 outletsBudapest, Hungary -- rights & justice: 210 stories, carried by 113 outletsIbadan, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 14 outletsGeorgia, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsPrince Edward Island, Canada -- health: 17 stories, carried by 24 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

● Hungary warmth about one and a half times usual ● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kidal Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● East River US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 22 stories ● Benue Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Budapest Hungary about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 210 stories ● Ibadan Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 6,661 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence27% 6,442 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Health16% 3,902 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents15% 3,556 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 1,853 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 764 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 670 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 331 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 killed11,066 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people injured4,101 at about twice the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting arrests3,228 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,618 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions310 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Libya and the US Stories reporting refugees282 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting evacuations280 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced128 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Ethiopia Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Australia and the US

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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