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50,509 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 people killed in Saudi Arabia, people injured in Somalia and illness in Tehran. Somalia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 85 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostTurkmenistan 73 in 100 of its 51 stories, usually 24
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 53 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Saudi Arabia

215 of its 354 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (94 stories). Flu was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with ebola. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

66 of its 94 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Iran

Tehran accounted for 122 of Iran's 247 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Health

Nigeria

913 of its 1,497 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
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Health

Russia

470 of its 1,015 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (167 stories). Ebola was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Israel

361 of its 638 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories). Wildfires were named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with polio.

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Health

United Arab Emirates

119 of its 285 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Dubai accounted for 102 of the United Arab Emirates' 119 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Health

Azerbaijan

48 of its 99 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Belgium

98 of its 197 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Brussels accounted for 64 of Belgium's 98 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Guam

64 of its 140 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Malaysia (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Israel (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Thailand (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Germany (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); natural hazards in Japan (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

40 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 50,509 stories about harm among 127,110 counted on 1 Apr.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 40 in every 100 of the day's 127,110 stories, above the usual 35. Mentions of the flu ran about 6 times their usual in Saudi Arabia's news. A year earlier, on 2 April 2019, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 40 today. Saudi Arabia stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 48%. Over March, 35 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 in March 2019.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria75 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 71 · mostly health Iran71 in 100 of its 349 stories · usually 68 · mostly health Somalia70 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh67 in 100 of its 218 stories · usually 49 · mostly health Afghanistan64 in 100 of its 195 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2769 Manhattan US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 457 Wuhan China56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 774 London UK50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1009 Delhi India47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 961

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sPakistan: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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 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: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little angrier 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 grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer 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

● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 90 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as angry as the world's · 247 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Spain about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 380 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 125 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health85% 42,814 stories · much more than usual (usually 77%) Rights & justice4% 2,208 stories · less than usual (usually 9%) Disasters & accidents4% 1,834 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence2% 895 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 870 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given2% 831 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 445 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 364 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 killed13,446 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected3,167 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,727 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,584 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations313 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting people falling ill166 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees164 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people displaced138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions59 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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.

● Angera little less 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.