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42,104 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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People killed in Nepal, violence in Gasabo and protests in Managua (Nicaragua) drew the news. Rwanda's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada →
Part of lifeRights & justice 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSouth Sudan 87 in 100 of its 150 stories, usually 53
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

148 of its 257 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (82 stories). Natural hazards were named in 52 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

99 of its 141 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Gasabo accounted for 88 of Rwanda's 99 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Gasabo stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

Managua accounted for 76 of Nicaragua's 101 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. 61 of Managua's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories → Managua stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Niger

152 of its 176 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

South Sudan

130 of its 150 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Central Equatoria accounted for 77 of South Sudan's 130 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Gambia

40 of its 123 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Tanzania

59 of its 156 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 18 of Dar es Salaam's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

North Korea

325 of its 1,209 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Health

Namibia

41 of its 139 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories). Malaria was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Botswana

29 of its 95 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 5 of Gaborone's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: malaria in Namibia (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Côte d’Ivoire (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Brazil (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Zimbabwe (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Japan (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 42,104 stories about harm among 209,350 counted on 26 Apr.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 209,350 stories, below the usual 22. Mentions of the malaria ran more than ten times their usual in Namibia's news. In Nepal, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. A year earlier, on 26 April 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan87 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Niger86 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 68 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Nicaragua81 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 75 · mostly rights & justice Rwanda70 in 100 of its 141 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar67 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US311 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1613 Nashville US203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 282 Phoenix US130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 371 Tehran Iran124 stories about protests or strikes, of its 325 Jerusalem Israel109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 256

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: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessSyria: 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 lessSpain: 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: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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 lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 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 lessIran: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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 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: 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 lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBurundi: 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 readBrazil: 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: 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 lessBahrain: 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 lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualArmenia: 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 usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsKunduz, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 13 outletsGreat Lakes, Canada -- shelter & services: 31 stories, carried by 33 outletsAlabama, US -- rights & justice: 141 stories, carried by 130 outletsTennessee, US -- conflict & violence: 65 stories, carried by 105 outletsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 14 outletsXinjiang, China -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsDhaka, Bangladesh -- rights & justice: 56 stories, carried by 40 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

● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Kunduz Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Great Lakes Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 31 stories ● Alabama US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 141 stories ● Tennessee US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 65 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice36% 14,762 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Health21% 8,621 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 6,978 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents12% 4,938 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,665 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,326 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,240 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 797 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 killed13,358 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,988 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,080 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,666 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees748 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations402 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions378 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and South Sudan Stories reporting people falling ill376 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced287 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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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