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What the world's news said happened to people.
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38,293 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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Protests in Repulse Bay (Hong Kong), violence in Bagram and people affected in Japan drew the news. Afghanistan's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostHong Kong 54 in 100 of its 376 stories, usually 21
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

203 of its 376 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 31 of Repulse Bay's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Repulse Bay stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

578 of its 677 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Bagram accounted for 469 of Afghanistan's 578 stories about harm, carried by 517 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (365 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Bagram stories →
Rights & justice

Japan

385 of its 1,707 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (99 stories). Plague was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Japan over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 278 of Sudan's 346 stories about harm, carried by 215 outlets. 251 of Khartoum's 278 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (197 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

889 of its 1,130 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tehran accounted for 563 of Iran's 889 stories about harm, carried by 547 outlets. Its coverage was about 5 times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

156 of its 197 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Sanaa accounted for 87 of Yemen's 156 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

Tripoli accounted for 361 of Libya's 413 stories about harm, carried by 242 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

El Salvador

205 of its 218 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Panchimalco accounted for 174 of el Salvador's 205 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Egypt

281 of its 633 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: landslides in Brazil (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Bangladesh (32 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tuberculosis in Portugal (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Poland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in Mozambique (16 of its stories, about 4 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 9 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 38,293 stories about harm among 200,900 counted on 9 Apr.

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In Brazil's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 200,900 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In Hong Kong, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 21% is usual. A year earlier, on 9 April 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

El Salvador94 in 100 of its 218 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan85 in 100 of its 677 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen79 in 100 of its 197 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Iran79 in 100 of its 1,130 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique78 in 100 of its 193 stories · usually 89 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US358 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2220 Khartoum Sudan251 stories about protests or strikes, of its 278 Sydney Australia124 stories about protests or strikes, of its 342 Jerusalem Israel114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 533 Los Angeles US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 430

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesChina: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: near the world's share or lessGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 26 in 100 of its 498 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Yemen: 79 in 100 of its 197 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Puerto Rico: 45 in 100 of its 107 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ukraine: 29 in 100 of its 272 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Uganda: 46 in 100 of its 413 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Türkiye: 26 in 100 of its 653 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Thailand: 26 in 100 of its 447 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Syria: 61 in 100 of its 284 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)South Sudan: 46 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Sudan: 71 in 100 of its 489 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Sri Lanka: 29 in 100 of its 347 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Somalia: 39 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Sierra Leone: 31 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Saudi Arabia: 32 in 100 of its 652 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Rwanda: 62 in 100 of its 175 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Romania: 27 in 100 of its 154 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Philippines: 28 in 100 of its 720 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Papua New Guinea: 28 in 100 of its 93 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Pakistan: 38 in 100 of its 1,248 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Nigeria: 27 in 100 of its 1,945 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Niger: 37 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)New Zealand: 29 in 100 of its 1,271 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Nepal: 35 in 100 of its 144 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Mozambique: 78 in 100 of its 193 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Mexico: 30 in 100 of its 1,073 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Malta: 34 in 100 of its 143 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Mali: 32 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Malawi: 37 in 100 of its 150 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Libya: 50 in 100 of its 824 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Israel: 30 in 100 of its 3,234 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 33 in 100 of its 855 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Iraq: 45 in 100 of its 141 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Iran: 79 in 100 of its 1,130 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Indonesia: 37 in 100 of its 427 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Honduras: 41 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Guatemala: 53 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Greece: 27 in 100 of its 386 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Gabon: 100 in 100 of its 4 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ethiopia: 55 in 100 of its 236 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)El Salvador: 94 in 100 of its 218 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Egypt: 44 in 100 of its 633 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Dominican Republic: 28 in 100 of its 61 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Congo: 36 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Colombia: 46 in 100 of its 132 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Hong Kong: 54 in 100 of its 376 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Chad: 36 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Central African Republic: 69 in 100 of its 39 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cambodia: 35 in 100 of its 65 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Myanmar: 30 in 100 of its 64 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Brunei: 54 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Brazil: 31 in 100 of its 551 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Belarus: 37 in 100 of its 91 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Bangladesh: 39 in 100 of its 406 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Algeria: 24 in 100 of its 430 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Afghanistan: 85 in 100 of its 677 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 44 in 100 of its 285 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 33 in 100 of its 855 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 33 in 100 of its 855 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 44 in 100 of its 285 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 44 in 100 of its 285 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ukraine: 29 in 100 of its 272 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 33 in 100 of its 855 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 44 in 100 of its 285 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 19 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Afghanistan 85 in 100 of its 677 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● El Salvador 94 in 100 of its 218 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Iran 79 in 100 of its 1,130 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Yemen 79 in 100 of its 197 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Sudan 71 in 100 of its 489 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Mozambique 78 in 100 of its 193 stories · mostly disasters & accidents

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 11,792 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Health22% 8,336 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 7,252 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 4,965 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,263 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,291 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,152 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 648 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 killed10,835 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,045 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,582 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,240 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees638 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions400 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced339 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations284 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Libya Stories reporting people falling ill93 at about twice 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.