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36,531 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 protests in Algiers (Algeria), the hurricane in Mozambique and the earthquake in Thailand. New Zealand's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken 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 twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCyprus 79 in 100 of its 169 stories, usually 23
RegionSouth Asia 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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

Algeria

120 of its 152 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Algiers accounted for 112 of Algeria's 120 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. 107 of Algiers' 112 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (80 stories).

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

454 of its 475 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 83%. Pemba accounted for 168 of Mozambique's 454 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories). Hurricane was named in 145 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon, power cuts and storm surge.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Pemba stories →
Rights & justice

Thailand

87 of its 342 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Earthquake was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

New Zealand

515 of its 1,284 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (82 stories). Earthquake was named in 95 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

New Zealand over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Cyprus

134 of its 169 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Jersey

105 of its 217 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Belgium

130 of its 288 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Cambodia

59 of its 114 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Heatwave was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatstroke.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Anguilla

36 of its 76 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Norway

62 of its 256 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 11 of Oslo's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (40 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: drownings in Antarctica (53 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heatwave in Cambodia (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in North Korea (60 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hypothermia in Nepal (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Ghana (38 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 36,531 stories about harm among 191,742 counted on 26 Apr.

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Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 191,742 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Algeria stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 33%. Mentions of drownings ran about 7 times their usual in Antarctica's news. On 26 April 2018, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique96 in 100 of its 475 stories · usually 83 · mostly disasters & accidents Sri Lanka85 in 100 of its 2,504 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Cyprus79 in 100 of its 169 stories · usually 23 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Algeria79 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice Syria71 in 100 of its 320 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US672 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1636 Colombo Sri Lanka293 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1479 London UK160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 760 Northern Ireland UK139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 259 Khartoum Sudan129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 132

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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 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: 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 lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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 readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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 readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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 readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readComoros: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: too little coverage to readBurundi: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualJersey: warmth about twice its own usualBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsStockton, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 15 outletsGreat Falls, US -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsKirkuk, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsBali, Indonesia -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsBrisbane, Australia -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 43 outletsZabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBeijing, China -- rights & justice: 108 stories, carried by 94 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

● Jersey warmth about twice usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Stockton US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Great Falls US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Kirkuk Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Bali Indonesia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 9,985 stories · about as usual Health23% 8,169 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence20% 7,167 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 5,515 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,215 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,203 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 827 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 674 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 killed11,300 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,653 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,158 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,403 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations403 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions391 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees341 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting people displaced301 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill102 at about the usual rate

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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