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49,146 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 Yerevan (Armenia), violence in Yambio and people affected in the Dominican Republic drew the news. South Sudan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostDominican Republic 73 in 100 of its 173 stories, usually 22
RegionCentral Asia 15 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
Tone of the words Much 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

341 of its 557 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Yerevan accounted for 314 of Armenia's 341 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. 293 of Yerevan's 314 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (150 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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

South Sudan

148 of its 193 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Yambio accounted for 124 of South Sudan's 148 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (117 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Afghanistan

174 of its 269 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Bird flu was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flu. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 1,024 of Syria's 1,492 stories about harm, carried by 765 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (117 stories). Earthquake was named in 103 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Réunion

30 of its 45 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

414 of its 679 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (173 stories). Storms were named in 192 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Kuwait

81 of its 167 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

45 of its 56 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Tongo Tongo accounted for 34 of Niger's 45 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Puerto Rico (192 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Malaysia (93 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Tanzania (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Morocco (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Kenya (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 49,146 stories about harm among 233,891 counted on 18 Apr.

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Puerto Rico's news mentioned storms more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 233,891 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Armenia. Armenia stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 26%. A year earlier, on 18 April 2017, 20 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 →

Niger80 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan77 in 100 of its 193 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine75 in 100 of its 866 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Dominican Republic73 in 100 of its 173 stories · usually 22 · mostly health Libya72 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Damascus Syria447 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1024 Philadelphia US351 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3068 Washington US322 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2141 Yerevan Armenia293 stories about protests or strikes, of its 314 London UK231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1030

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLatvia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Réunion few stories about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 30 stories about harm ● Kuwait about twice as warm as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 1,492 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as angry as the world's · 144 stories about harm ● Indonesia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 134 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 174 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 13,596 stories · about as usual Health24% 11,429 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents16% 7,888 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Conflict & violence16% 7,872 stories · much less than usual (usually 22%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 3,712 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,592 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,127 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,035 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 killed15,243 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,798 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,549 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,382 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees898 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions834 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced465 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations452 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill62 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba

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 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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