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35,437 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 Tripoli, deaths in Funchal and the earthquake in Taiwan. Libya's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Congo →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPortugal 64 in 100 of its 737 stories, usually 16
RegionCentral Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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

272 of its 363 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Tripoli accounted for 266 of Libya's 272 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (160 stories). Outbreaks were named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Portugal

474 of its 737 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Funchal accounted for 335 of Portugal's 474 stories about harm, carried by 356 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (337 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories → Funchal stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

323 of its 839 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (133 stories). Earthquake was named in 295 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides and tsunami. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Peru

174 of its 374 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Lima accounted for 146 of Peru's 174 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Bahrain

28 of its 106 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. 8 of Manama's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Ecuador

58 of its 82 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Quito accounted for 54 of Ecuador's 58 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. 52 of Quito's 54 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Senegal

24 of its 64 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

171 of its 420 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (59 stories). Storms were named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Congo

103 of its 119 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Romania

42 of its 162 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Nepal (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Greece (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Afghanistan (24 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); avalanche in Canada (107 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Ethiopia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 35,437 stories about harm among 200,893 counted on 18 Apr.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 10 January 2019. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 200,893 stories, below the usual 19. It was the seventh day running that the news turned to Libya. In Taiwan's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Congo.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo87 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 70 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia83 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua76 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 76 · mostly rights & justice Libya75 in 100 of its 363 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen73 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK330 stories about protests or strikes, of its 612 Khartoum Sudan176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 Washington US115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 968 Ramallah Palestine109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 361 Funchal Portugal105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 335

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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 readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: too little coverage to readPeru: 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 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 readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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 lessNorth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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: 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 lessIsrael: 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 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: 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 lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: 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 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 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualLatvia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about twice its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualChile: 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 usualBuhari, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsHodeida, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 79 stories, carried by 74 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsDelaware, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 15 stories, carried by 18 outletsBadgam, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 16 outletsJakarta, Indonesia -- rights & justice: 116 stories, carried by 94 outletsRainbow Falls, US -- rights & justice: 35 stories, carried by 36 outletsTamil Nadu, India -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 15 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

● Indonesia warmth about twice usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mozambique warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Buhari Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Hodeida Yemen about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 79 stories ● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Delaware US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 15 stories ● Badgam Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 9,918 stories · about as usual Health24% 8,214 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents17% 5,927 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 5,499 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,339 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,226 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 892 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 657 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 killed10,054 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,444 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,786 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,450 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Portugal Stories reporting refugees466 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations411 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced322 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions234 at about half the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the US Stories reporting people falling ill163 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Congo

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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