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32,078 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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A disaster in Kathmandu, illness in Pyongyang and protests in Caracas (Venezuela) drew the news. Nepal's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNepal 81 in 100 of its 447 stories, usually 30
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

364 of its 447 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kathmandu accounted for 280 of Nepal's 364 stories about harm, carried by 265 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (331 stories). Heavy rain was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Health

North Korea

137 of its 305 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Pyongyang accounted for 114 of North Korea's 137 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

337 of its 546 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Caracas accounted for 260 of Venezuela's 337 stories about harm, carried by 377 outlets. 221 of Caracas' 260 stories were about protests or strikes. Drought was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Rights & justice

Brunei

100 of its 127 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Brunei over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Peru

141 of its 225 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Lima accounted for 99 of Peru's 141 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Guatemala

61 of its 70 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Flu was named in 52 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Germany

385 of its 1,774 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (61 stories). Plane crash was named in 116 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

100 of its 139 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Khartoum accounted for 59 of Sudan's 100 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. 51 of Khartoum's 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Iran

206 of its 374 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (20 stories). Earthquake was named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Malaysia

347 of its 991 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (276 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flu in Guatemala (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Germany (116 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Egypt (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Rwanda (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Russia (61 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 32,078 stories about harm among 180,099 counted on 1 Apr.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 10 January 2019. 18 in every 100 of the day's 180,099 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. In Guatemala's news, mentions of the flu ran more than ten times their usual. Nepal stood out: 81% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 30%. It was the second day running that the news turned to Nepal. Over March, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in March 2018.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique91 in 100 of its 338 stories · usually 88 · mostly health Guatemala87 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 45 · mostly health Nepal81 in 100 of its 447 stories · usually 30 · mostly disasters & accidents Brunei79 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 38 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan78 in 100 of its 558 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chicago US221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 547 Caracas Venezuela221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 San Francisco US207 stories about protests or strikes, of its 449 Washington US197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1309 London UK120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 574

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'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: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: 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 readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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 Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: 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'sCroatia: 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'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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 readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook 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: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMauritius: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEritrea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrunei: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 208 stories about harm ● Guatemala about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Nepal about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 364 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 566 stories about harm ● Malaysia about twice as angry as the world's · 347 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 434 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 8,547 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Health22% 6,985 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents17% 5,295 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 5,241 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,506 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,285 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,040 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 636 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 killed10,384 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,286 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected3,222 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,413 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees481 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions286 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced224 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about South Africa and the US Stories reporting evacuations202 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Panama Stories reporting people falling ill42 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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