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44,996 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 protests in Yerevan (Armenia), violence in Quito and rights and justice in Ramallah. Romania's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTimor-Leste 81 in 100 of its 69 stories, usually 17
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Armenia

254 of its 548 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Yerevan accounted for 239 of Armenia's 254 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. 227 of Yerevan's 239 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories → Yerevan stories →
Conflict & violence

Ecuador

93 of its 117 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Quito accounted for 71 of Ecuador's 93 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Quito stories →
Rights & justice

Palestine

594 of its 822 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Ramallah accounted for 290 of Palestine's 594 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (359 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Ramallah stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Romania

72 of its 260 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (64 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.

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

Myanmar

165 of its 186 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Yangon accounted for 135 of Myanmar's 165 stories about harm, carried by 213 outlets. 85 of Yangon's 135 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (146 stories).

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Rights & justice

Tanzania

64 of its 170 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (32 stories). Heavy rain was named in 15 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.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 1,333 of Syria's 1,865 stories about harm, carried by 932 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (296 stories). Earthquake was named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with dust storm, tuberculosis and power cuts. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

147 of its 157 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Niamey accounted for 64 of Niger's 147 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (130 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

52 of its 86 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Malta

65 of its 209 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Natural hazards were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: flu in Brazil (94 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Bangladesh (65 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Haiti (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Tanzania (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Malta (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 44,996 stories about harm among 217,075 counted on 17 Apr.

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In Brazil's news, mentions of the flu ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 217,075 stories, as usual. Armenia's news was 46% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. A year earlier, on 17 April 2017, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger94 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar89 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Timor-Leste81 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 17 · mostly food & livelihood Ecuador79 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi74 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Philadelphia US838 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2346 Damascus Syria451 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1333 Bishopville US333 stories about protests or strikes, of its 384 Washington US295 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1476 Yerevan Armenia227 stories about protests or strikes, of its 239

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: 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 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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 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 lessPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readPapua 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 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 readCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: 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 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-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 readGreece: 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 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 lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readChad: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUzbekistan: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTimor-Leste: warmth about one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about twice its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualRio de Janeiro, Brazil -- shelter & services: 104 stories, carried by 103 outletsMirjaveh, Iran -- conflict & violence: 34 stories, carried by 32 outletsBangkok, Thailand -- other: 37 stories, carried by 24 outletsHiiraan, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsCopper Canyon, US -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 25 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 35 stories, carried by 42 outletsCoachella, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 14 outletsLima, Peru -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 10 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

● Brazil warmth about twice usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Timor-Leste warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Rio de Janeiro Brazil about three times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 104 stories ● Mirjaveh Iran about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 34 stories ● Bangkok Thailand about twice as warm as the day's news · other · 37 stories ● Hiiraan Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Copper Canyon US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 29 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 13,646 stories · about as usual Health22% 9,624 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence17% 7,504 stories · much less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents16% 6,843 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,492 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,766 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,215 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,004 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 killed12,998 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,363 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,335 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,289 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions1,010 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Japan and the US Stories reporting people displaced682 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Israel Stories reporting refugees576 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting evacuations320 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill91 at about the usual rate

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.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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