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What the world's news said happened to people.
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37,655 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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The day's news pointed at violence in Bagram, protests in Khartoum (Sudan) and road crashes in the Dominican Republic. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and the United Arab Emirates → Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostDominican Republic 55 in 100 of its 123 stories, usually 17
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

338 of its 462 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Bagram accounted for 222 of Afghanistan's 338 stories about harm, carried by 250 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Natural hazards were named in 178 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Bagram stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

269 of its 361 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Khartoum accounted for 192 of Sudan's 269 stories about harm, carried by 179 outlets. 175 of Khartoum's 192 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Georgia

49 of its 98 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Georgia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Libya

265 of its 498 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tripoli accounted for 237 of Libya's 265 stories about harm, carried by 182 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Thailand

191 of its 483 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

75 of its 200 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Namibia

38 of its 104 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Drought was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with rabies.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

228 of its 557 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Cholera was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Japan

540 of its 2,129 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 stories). Accidents were named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: malaria in Mozambique (75 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Venezuela (90 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drought in Namibia (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); measles in Malawi (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Uganda (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 37,655 stories about harm among 202,346 counted on 10 Apr.

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People falling ill were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and the United Arab Emirates. 19 in every 100 of the day's 202,346 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. the news turned to Afghanistan for the second day running. Mentions of the malaria ran about three times their usual in Mozambique's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique82 in 100 of its 211 stories · usually 89 · mostly disasters & accidents El Salvador75 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 65 · mostly shelter & services Sudan75 in 100 of its 361 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan73 in 100 of its 462 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen67 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US308 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1807 Jefferson City US271 stories about protests or strikes, of its 280 Jerusalem Israel176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 441 Khartoum Sudan175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 192 Algiers Algeria82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNorth Korea: 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'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: feelings about like the world'sFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: 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'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sEast 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than 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'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: 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

● Iran about three times as fearful as the world's · 428 stories about harm ● France about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 326 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 338 stories about harm ● New Zealand about twice as angry as the world's · 520 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as fearful as the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 819 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 10,319 stories · about as usual Health24% 9,035 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence16% 6,043 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents15% 5,674 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,382 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,396 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,240 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 926 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 killed10,132 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests3,809 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected3,794 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,469 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees516 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations364 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions356 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced285 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Libya and the US Stories reporting people falling ill232 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and the United Arab Emirates

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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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