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34,915 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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Plane crash in Rwanda, the cyclone in Bangladesh and protests in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) drew the news. Rwanda's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostRwanda 78 in 100 of its 219 stories, usually 42
RegionEast Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

171 of its 219 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kigali accounted for 102 of Rwanda's 171 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Plane crash was named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kigali stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

225 of its 415 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Dhaka accounted for 151 of Bangladesh's 225 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Cyclone was named in 108 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storm surge, storms and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

290 of its 617 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Riyadh accounted for 217 of Saudi Arabia's 290 stories about harm, carried by 202 outlets. 178 of Riyadh's 217 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (194 stories).

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Riyadh stories →
Rights & justice

Egypt

249 of its 529 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Alexandria accounted for 179 of Egypt's 249 stories about harm, carried by 165 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (70 stories).

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Alexandria stories →
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Conflict & violence

Somalia

190 of its 225 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Mogadishu accounted for 113 of Somalia's 190 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Argentina

60 of its 177 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 50 of Buenos Aires' 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

46 of its 93 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 40 of Minsk's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (38 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

67 of its 153 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

South Korea

349 of its 1,029 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Storms were named in 194 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires.

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Disasters & accidents

Iran

126 of its 231 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Natural hazards were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in South Korea (194 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Yemen (38 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Indonesia (24 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); heavy rain in Brazil (22 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); measles in Venezuela (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 34,915 stories about harm among 185,223 counted on 5 Apr.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Rwanda. of the day's 185,223 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. Rwanda stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 42%. On 5 April 2018, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia84 in 100 of its 225 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia81 in 100 of its 1,122 stories · usually 75 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Mozambique79 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 88 · mostly disasters & accidents Rwanda78 in 100 of its 219 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen65 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US327 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1473 London UK269 stories about protests or strikes, of its 691 San Francisco US214 stories about protests or strikes, of its 627 Chicago US202 stories about protests or strikes, of its 835 Riyadh Saudi Arabia178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 217

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: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: 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 readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: 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'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMoldova: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Rwanda about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 171 stories about harm ● Belgium about twice as fearful as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 67 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 230 stories about harm ● New Zealand about twice as angry as the world's · 509 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 190 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 12,032 stories · much more than usual (usually 29%) Health22% 7,378 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 4,930 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents14% 4,857 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,231 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,026 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 975 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 776 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 killed10,334 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,075 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,709 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,209 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and New Zealand Stories reporting refugees720 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting abductions288 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting evacuations271 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about South Korea and Bangladesh Stories reporting people displaced255 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Rwanda and the US Stories reporting people falling ill70 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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
● 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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