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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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
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.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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 lessTurkmenistan: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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 lessHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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 readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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 lessBrazil: 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 lessBelgium: 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 lessBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualVietnam: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBowling Green, US -- health: 44 stories, carried by 71 outletsNisswa, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 17 outletsAmroha, India -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 20 outletsYancheng, China -- shelter & services: 26 stories, carried by 25 outletsArunachal, India -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsXiangshui, China -- shelter & services: 15 stories, carried by 18 outletsTaez, Yemen -- shelter & services: 12 stories, carried by 79 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

● Mozambique warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bowling Green US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 44 stories ● Nisswa US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Amroha India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Yancheng China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 26 stories ● Arunachal India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories

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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