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What the world's news said happened to people.
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25,566 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 the hunger in Niger, violence in Sanaa and protests in Madrid (Spain). Yemen's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Mexico →
Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSomalia 81 in 100 of its 180 stories, usually 50
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 46
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 →
Rights & justice

Niger

89 of its 106 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Niamey accounted for 66 of Niger's 89 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Niamey stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

267 of its 291 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Sanaa accounted for 207 of Yemen's 267 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Protests & strikes

Spain

260 of its 802 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 116 of Madrid's 136 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Spain over 30 days → its stories → Madrid stories →
Displacement

Mexico

231 of its 618 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (139 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Somalia

146 of its 180 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

591 of its 1,188 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (130 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

123 of its 142 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Menaka accounted for 83 of Mali's 123 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

246 of its 559 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Madagascar

23 of its 36 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 13 of Antananarivo's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Cameroon

14 of its 23 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 9 of Kumba's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: train derailment in North Korea (123 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Malaysia (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in South Korea (87 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in Lebanon (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Congo (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 25,566 stories about harm among 120,439 counted on 28 Apr.

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Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in North Korea's news. of the day's 120,439 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Mexico. On 28 April 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 21 today. In Niger, 84% of the news was about people being harmed, where 70% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen92 in 100 of its 291 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Mali87 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Niger84 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 70 · mostly rights & justice Nicaragua84 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 76 · mostly rights & justice Somalia81 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Gaza Palestine302 stories about protests or strikes, of its 411 Minnesota US249 stories about protests or strikes, of its 302 Jerusalem Israel151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221 Pyongyang North Korea125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 150 Nablus Palestine124 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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 readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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 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: too little coverage to readPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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 lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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 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: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 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: 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 lessAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGolan Heights, Syria -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 13 outletsCuritiba, Brazil -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsGuatemala City, Guatemala -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsNiamey, Niger -- rights & justice: 66 stories, carried by 83 outletsMemphis, US -- rights & justice: 78 stories, carried by 93 outletsDhaka, Bangladesh -- rights & justice: 151 stories, carried by 130 outletsMakurdi, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsHarare, Zimbabwe -- health: 44 stories, carried by 28 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

● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual ● Niger warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Golan Heights Syria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Curitiba Brazil about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Guatemala City Guatemala about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Niamey Niger about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 66 stories ● Memphis US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 78 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 8,598 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Conflict & violence20% 5,049 stories · about as usual Health20% 5,025 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 3,025 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,435 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 995 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 744 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 295 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 killed9,286 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,303 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,018 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,905 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees977 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Mexico Stories reporting abductions285 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations272 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced267 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Yemen and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill71 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
● Griefa little more 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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