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21,744 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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Violence in Tripoli, protests in Beirut (Lebanon) and people displaced in Valletta drew the news. Libya's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSweden 74 in 100 of its 368 stories, usually 17
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 40
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 →
Conflict & violence

Libya

98 of its 166 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tripoli accounted for 91 of Libya's 98 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Outbreaks were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Protests & strikes

Lebanon

37 of its 80 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 13 of Beirut's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Displacement

Malta

147 of its 211 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Valletta accounted for 125 of Malta's 147 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (126 stories).

Malta over 30 days → its stories → Valletta stories →
Rights & justice

UK

1,236 of its 5,624 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

South Sudan

111 of its 115 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Juba accounted for 104 of South Sudan's 111 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (98 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

164 of its 216 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. 46 of Masyaf's 67 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Somalia

50 of its 62 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. 18 of Mogadishu's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Albania

43 of its 82 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 42 of Tirana's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

71 of its 74 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Srebrenica accounted for 69 of Bosnia's 71 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Its coverage was about 7 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

433 of its 720 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Ramallah accounted for 316 of Palestine's 433 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (68 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Belgium (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Somalia (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Switzerland (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in Mexico (22 of its stories, about 8 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 13 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 21,744 stories about harm among 111,794 counted on 13 Apr.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. 19 in every 100 of the day's 111,794 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Libya. Indonesia's news mentioned the earthquake about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 13 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 →

South Sudan97 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Bosnia96 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Congo92 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 67 · mostly health Somalia81 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Syria76 in 100 of its 216 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Khartoum Sudan223 stories about protests or strikes, of its 230 Darfur Sudan174 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184 Phoenix US137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 324 Minneapolis US121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 250 Amritsar India118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 277

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 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 readFiji: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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 lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: 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 lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape 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: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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 lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: too little coverage to readAruba: 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 readTajikistan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGeorgia: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualHalla-Aho, Finland -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsChibok, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 44 stories, carried by 30 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 21 outletsNebraska, US -- disasters & accidents: 20 stories, carried by 18 outletsNangarhar, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 18 outletsNorth Carolina, US -- other: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsBicester, UK -- health: 62 stories, carried by 116 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 31 stories, carried by 31 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

● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual ● Netherlands warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Halla-Aho Finland about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Chibok Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 44 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Nebraska US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 20 stories ● Nangarhar Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 6,515 stories · about as usual Health21% 4,486 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence20% 4,313 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 3,307 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,217 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 698 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 608 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 275 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 killed6,483 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,899 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,411 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting people affected2,293 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees355 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations285 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced238 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill221 at about 6 times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions190 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Kenya

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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