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30,719 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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Violence in Prague, rights and justice in Bucharest and protests in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) drew the news. Romania's coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostCzechia 69 in 100 of its 652 stories, usually 15
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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

Czechia

448 of its 652 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Prague accounted for 431 of the Czechia's 448 stories about harm, carried by 734 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (443 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories → Prague stories →
Rights & justice

Romania

120 of its 174 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Bucharest accounted for 110 of Romania's 120 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Protests & strikes

Brazil

144 of its 360 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 23 of Rio de Janeiro's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (10 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Rio de Janeiro stories →
Health

Cuba

31 of its 87 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

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

Egypt

316 of its 455 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Cairo accounted for 186 of Egypt's 316 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (120 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

69 of its 91 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Bamako accounted for 52 of Mali's 69 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 4,542 of Syria's 5,695 stories about harm, carried by 2,117 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Typhoon was named in 49 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ecuador

61 of its 68 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Quito accounted for 47 of Ecuador's 61 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories).

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Rights & justice

Chile

44 of its 98 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

626 of its 983 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. 196 of Gaza's 275 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (418 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Malaysia (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Nepal (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Canada (68 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Trinidad & Tobago (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in US (806 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 30,719 stories about harm among 121,937 counted on 14 Apr.

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In the Czechia, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 15% is usual. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria. Mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual in Malaysia's news. of the day's 121,937 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan94 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 42 · mostly rights & justice Ecuador90 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Mali76 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Egypt69 in 100 of its 455 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Romania69 in 100 of its 174 stories · usually 19 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Damascus Syria1184 stories about protests or strikes, of its 4542 Nablus Palestine218 stories about protests or strikes, of its 257 Johannesburg South Africa212 stories about protests or strikes, of its 277 Gaza Palestine196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 275 Washington US189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1095

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: 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 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: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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: 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 lessNew 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: 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 usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSlovakia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about three times its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCzechia: warmth about twice its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 52 stories, carried by 40 outletsBucharest, Romania -- rights & justice: 110 stories, carried by 137 outletsLouisiana, US -- health: 24 stories, carried by 26 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsGreenwich, US -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsBenue, Nigeria -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsBudapest, Hungary -- rights & justice: 59 stories, carried by 46 outletsMontreal, Canada -- health: 17 stories, carried by 17 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

● Romania warmth about three times usual ● Czechia warmth about twice usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Fiji warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ukraine warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bamako Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 52 stories ● Bucharest Romania about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 110 stories ● Louisiana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 24 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Greenwich US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence32% 9,595 stories · much more than usual (usually 22%) Rights & justice26% 7,942 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents15% 4,424 stories · about as usual Health15% 4,407 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,985 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,057 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 602 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 killed11,761 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people injured4,093 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people affected3,458 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,965 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations489 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions480 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees460 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced228 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill105 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria

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 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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