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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).

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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 the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 readSouth Sudan: 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 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: 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 lessPalestine: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: 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: 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 readChina: 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 lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 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 lessAksai 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEl Salvador: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKamwenge, Uganda -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 18 outletsBouca, Central African Republic -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 18 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 11 outletsPetersburg, Russia -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsPeristera, Greece -- disasters & accidents: 56 stories, carried by 57 outletsPort Moresby, Papua New Guinea -- food & livelihood: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsTennessee, US -- rights & justice: 65 stories, carried by 58 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 24 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

● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mozambique warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iran warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Norway warmth about one and a half times usual ● El Salvador warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kamwenge Uganda about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Bouca Central African Republic about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Petersburg Russia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories ● Peristera Greece about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 56 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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