← 10 Apr Thursday 11 April 2019 · to 23:59 UTC 12 Apr →
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
38,458 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.

How to read these numbers →

The news turned to road crashes in the Dominican Republic, rights and justice in Skopje and people injured in Tanzania. North Korea's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSweden 41 in 100 of its 373 stories, usually 14
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

how these are picked →
Health

Tanzania

44 of its 99 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Dengue was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Tanzania over 30 days → its stories →
Shelter & services

North Korea

109 of its 533 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Train derailment was named in 67 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Ecuador

248 of its 548 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Quito accounted for 162 of Ecuador's 248 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

200 of its 335 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 942 of Sudan's 1,376 stories about harm, carried by 691 outlets. 862 of Khartoum's 942 stories were about protests or strikes. Storms were named in 45 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

Tripoli accounted for 189 of Libya's 203 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 91 of Afghanistan's 161 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Polio was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Sweden

152 of its 373 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (25 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Argentina (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Poland (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Chad (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Afghanistan (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Iraq (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
25 in 10018 in 10013 Mar20 Mar27 Mar3 Apr11 Apr13 Mar: 20 in 10014 Mar: 20 in 10015 Mar: 22 in 10016 Mar: 25 in 10017 Mar: 24 in 10018 Mar: 23 in 10019 Mar: 20 in 10020 Mar: 20 in 10021 Mar: 21 in 10022 Mar: 20 in 10023 Mar: 21 in 10024 Mar: 20 in 10025 Mar: 19 in 10026 Mar: 18 in 10027 Mar: 20 in 10028 Mar: 20 in 10029 Mar: 19 in 10030 Mar: 21 in 10031 Mar: 19 in 1001 Apr: 18 in 1002 Apr: 18 in 1003 Apr: 19 in 1004 Apr: 19 in 1005 Apr: 19 in 1006 Apr: 20 in 1007 Apr: 20 in 1008 Apr: 20 in 1009 Apr: 19 in 10010 Apr: 19 in 10011 Apr: 19 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 38,458 stories about harm among 204,942 counted on 11 Apr.

Read the day's briefing

Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in North Korea's news. of the day's 204,942 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. the news turned to the Dominican Republic for the second day running. the Dominican Republic's news was 50% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. A year earlier, on 11 April 2018, 20 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 →

Mozambique71 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 89 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan71 in 100 of its 1,944 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Syria69 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda65 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Iran60 in 100 of its 335 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Khartoum Sudan862 stories about protests or strikes, of its 942 Washington US496 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1916 London UK402 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1771 Darfur Sudan287 stories about protests or strikes, of its 332 Seoul South Korea166 stories about protests or strikes, of its 195

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 lessVietnam: 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: 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 lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 lessUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 readSlovakia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: 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 lessNorway: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: too little coverage to readHong Kong: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: too little coverage to readGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSolomon Islands: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGrenada: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEritrea: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualMassachusetts, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 44 stories, carried by 45 outletsTamil Nadu, India -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 15 outletsVermont, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 19 outletsBijapur, India -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsEast Cowes, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 61 outletsAyutthaya, Thailand -- other: 16 stories, carried by 12 outletsKupwara, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 11 outletsWrexham, UK -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 12 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

● Ethiopia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mozambique warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Massachusetts US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 44 stories ● Tamil Nadu India about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 20 stories ● Vermont US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Bijapur India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● East Cowes UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 12,649 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Health21% 8,047 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 6,312 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 5,156 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,112 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,624 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,152 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 766 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 killed9,521 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting arrests5,001 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,569 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,160 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and New Zealand Stories reporting refugees550 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations413 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions378 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced277 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting people falling ill36 at about half 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
● Griefabout two-thirds of 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?

The weekly briefing · 19 Oct – 25 Oct

The week in human impact

Read the week →

Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.

Create a free account

Sign in · a username, an email and a password.

How to read these numbers →

These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.