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30,610 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 news turned to protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh), deaths in Funchal and people displaced in Tripoli. Bangladesh's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPortugal 45 in 100 of its 255 stories, usually 23
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

199 of its 398 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Dhaka accounted for 128 of Bangladesh's 199 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. 70 of Dhaka's 128 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Portugal

114 of its 255 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Funchal accounted for 97 of Portugal's 114 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (51 stories). Natural hazards were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories → Funchal stories →
Displacement

Libya

284 of its 384 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Tripoli accounted for 275 of Libya's 284 stories about harm, carried by 252 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Africa

273 of its 645 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (102 stories). Heavy rain was named in 51 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with building collapse and storms.

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

Mexico

238 of its 721 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 69 of Mexico City's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (105 stories). Earthquake was named in 70 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

184 of its 207 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cambodia

30 of its 64 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 13 of Phnom Penh's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Cameroon

30 of its 59 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

UK

1,834 of its 6,950 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 310 of Northern Ireland's 497 stories were about protests or strikes. Wildfires were named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with hurricane.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

21 of its 31 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 14 of Rangoon's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: haemorrhagic fever in Congo (43 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Mexico (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Nepal (26 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hiv in Botswana (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in Germany (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 30,610 stories about harm among 161,748 counted on 19 Apr.

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Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 19 in every 100 of the day's 161,748 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Congo's news, mentions of haemorrhagic fever ran about three times their usual. On 19 April 2018, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today. Bangladesh's news was 50% about people being harmed, against a usual 40%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali89 in 100 of its 207 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua84 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 76 · mostly rights & justice Yemen74 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Libya74 in 100 of its 384 stories · usually 56 · mostly displacement Mozambique72 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 87 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Northern Ireland UK310 stories about protests or strikes, of its 497 London UK291 stories about protests or strikes, of its 466 Jerusalem Israel127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 381 Khartoum Sudan109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 119 Washington US92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 694

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: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLaos: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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

● Peru about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 94 stories about harm ● Cyprus few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as angry as the world's · 199 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 542 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as angry as the world's · 184 stories about harm ● Congo about twice as angry as the world's · 123 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 8,580 stories · about as usual Health21% 6,438 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 6,164 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence17% 5,079 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,719 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 951 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 682 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 417 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 killed9,758 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,750 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,749 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,788 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees312 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Libya Stories reporting evacuations261 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions203 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting people displaced151 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and Libya Stories reporting people falling ill109 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France

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 about as 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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