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21,161 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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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Kabul, protests in Dublin (Ireland) and rights and justice in Monrovia. Congo's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLiberia 70 in 100 of its 121 stories, usually 27
RegionCentral Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

434 of its 546 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kabul accounted for 344 of Afghanistan's 434 stories about harm, carried by 369 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Illness was named in 63 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Protests & strikes

Ireland

230 of its 1,080 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 54 of Dublin's 80 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Plague was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Ireland over 30 days → its stories → Dublin stories →
Rights & justice

Liberia

85 of its 121 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Monrovia accounted for 82 of Liberia's 85 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Ebola was named in 80 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Liberia over 30 days → its stories → Monrovia stories →
Health

Congo

184 of its 201 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (129 stories). Haemorrhagic fever was named in 108 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Libya

206 of its 270 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Tripoli accounted for 200 of Libya's 206 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (133 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

89 of its 95 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Mopti accounted for 66 of Mali's 89 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

UK

1,403 of its 5,297 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 262 of London's 424 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (566 stories). Plague was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires.

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Displacement

Portugal

100 of its 163 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Funchal accounted for 98 of Portugal's 100 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories).

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Kazakhstan

29 of its 48 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Mexico

252 of its 596 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (157 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Israel (111 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); avalanche in Argentina (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Peru (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in US (686 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (50 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 20 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 21,161 stories about harm among 105,447 counted on 20 Apr.

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Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 105,447 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Liberia's news mentioned Ebola about 5 times as often as usual. Afghanistan's news was 79% about people being harmed, against a usual 65%. On 20 April 2018, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali94 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Congo92 in 100 of its 201 stories · usually 72 · mostly health Nicaragua90 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 76 · mostly rights & justice Syria83 in 100 of its 304 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen82 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France481 stories about protests or strikes, of its 564 Cairo Egypt280 stories about protests or strikes, of its 308 London UK262 stories about protests or strikes, of its 424 Northern Ireland UK250 stories about protests or strikes, of its 330 Gaza Palestine115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: 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: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 readJordan: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: too little coverage to readBahrain: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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 readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than 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 twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAnguilla: 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

● Congo about three times as angry as the world's · 184 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 400 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 251 stories about harm ● Liberia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 85 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 102 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 434 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 6,463 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence23% 4,753 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Health18% 3,678 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents16% 3,292 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,340 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 651 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 349 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 270 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 killed7,037 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,533 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured2,456 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people affected1,626 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Portugal Stories reporting abductions189 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced146 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Russia Stories reporting refugees128 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people falling ill30 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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