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20,118 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 illness in Ambalavao, plane crash in Nepal and protests in Tehran (Iran). Libya's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostMadagascar 98 in 100 of its 145 stories, usually 18
RegionSouth Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

Madagascar

142 of its 145 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Ambalavao accounted for 93 of Madagascar's 142 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (141 stories). Outbreaks were named in 142 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with measles and respiratory illness. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Madagascar over 30 days → its stories → Ambalavao stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Nepal

243 of its 336 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Lukla accounted for 146 of Nepal's 243 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (172 stories). Plane crash was named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Lukla stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

301 of its 488 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. 82 of Tehran's 162 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (56 stories). Drought was named in 45 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

269 of its 347 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tripoli accounted for 266 of Libya's 269 stories about harm, carried by 192 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (211 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Russia

307 of its 1,121 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (232 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 55 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. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Haiti

28 of its 42 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 14 of Port-au-Prince's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Power cuts were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Australia

689 of its 2,379 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (215 stories). Plane crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Algeria

35 of its 52 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 18 of Algiers' 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Colombia

28 of its 45 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Germany

249 of its 842 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (166 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Seychelles (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in US (1869 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Hong Kong (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Haiti (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Russia (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 20,118 stories about harm among 101,337 counted on 14 Apr.

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Madagascar's news was 98% about people being harmed, against a usual 18%. of the day's 101,337 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of outbreaks ran about 6 times their usual in Madagascar's news. On 14 April 2018, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 20 today. This week the news turned most often to Libya, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 4 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Madagascar98 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 18 · mostly health Somalia84 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique82 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 89 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria78 in 100 of its 197 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Libya78 in 100 of its 347 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Khartoum Sudan217 stories about protests or strikes, of its 225 Tehran Iran82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 162 Washington US74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1002 Jerusalem Israel55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 439 Chibok Nigeria48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87

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 lessVenezuela: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 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 lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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 lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readDR 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 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: 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 lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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 lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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 readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: 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): 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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 readSomalia: warmth about its own usualSlovakia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKartarpur, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 25 outletsHalla-Aho, Finland -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 17 outletsHelsinki, Finland -- rights & justice: 37 stories, carried by 29 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 22 outletsKigali, Rwanda -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsBicester, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsKansas City, US -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsMansfield, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 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

● Finland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kartarpur Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 26 stories ● Halla-Aho Finland about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● Helsinki Finland about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 37 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Kigali Rwanda about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 5,294 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Disasters & accidents22% 4,325 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence21% 4,106 stories · about as usual Health16% 3,071 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,324 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 709 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 497 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 337 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 killed7,045 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,901 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting arrests2,345 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,221 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions312 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations306 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Germany and Iran Stories reporting refugees271 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced226 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill68 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba

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 harsher 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.