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25,525 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 snowstorms in Kashmir, the cyclone in Vanuatu and people injured in Mexico. Kashmir's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 83 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNigeria 68 in 100 of its 1,095 stories, usually 47
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 59 in 100 of its stories, usually 45
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

107 of its 155 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Snowstorms were named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vanuatu

33 of its 36 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Cyclone was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms and flooding.

Vanuatu over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Mexico

100 of its 184 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
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Health

France

234 of its 469 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Ecuador

27 of its 36 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Guayaquil accounted for 25 of Ecuador's 27 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Thailand

79 of its 131 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

UK

2,166 of its 4,341 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Road crashes were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hepatitis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Health

Georgia

17 of its 22 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

US

8,651 of its 17,054 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (610 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in Italy (44 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Israel (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Ukraine (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Australia (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in India (36 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

44 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 38; 42 the day before
44 in 10027 in 1007 Mar14 Mar21 Mar28 Mar5 Apr7 Mar: 27 in 1008 Mar: 28 in 1009 Mar: 27 in 10010 Mar: 28 in 10011 Mar: 29 in 10012 Mar: 31 in 10013 Mar: 33 in 10014 Mar: 36 in 10015 Mar: 37 in 10016 Mar: 37 in 10017 Mar: 38 in 10018 Mar: 39 in 10019 Mar: 40 in 10020 Mar: 40 in 10021 Mar: 41 in 10022 Mar: 43 in 10023 Mar: 40 in 10024 Mar: 40 in 10025 Mar: 41 in 10026 Mar: 41 in 10027 Mar: 41 in 10028 Mar: 43 in 10029 Mar: 44 in 10030 Mar: 41 in 10031 Mar: 40 in 1001 Apr: 40 in 1002 Apr: 41 in 1003 Apr: 40 in 1004 Apr: 42 in 1005 Apr: 44 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 25,525 stories about harm among 57,997 counted on 5 Apr.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed in all 1557 days held. of the day's 57,997 news stories, 44 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 38. the news turned to Kashmir for the second day running. On 6 April 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 44 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bangladesh71 in 100 of its 209 stories · usually 55 · mostly health Iraq71 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 66 · mostly health Taiwan70 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Kashmir69 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia69 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 57 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 891 Jerusalem Israel36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204 Delhi India34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 592 Wuhan China27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340 Beijing China23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146

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: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: 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 Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong 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 readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: 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 fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little angrier than 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 twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJersey: 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

● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 107 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 92 stories about harm ● Spain about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 202 stories about harm ● Ecuador few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 27 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 27 stories about harm ● France about twice as angry as the world's · 234 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health83% 21,163 stories · more than usual (usually 80%) Rights & justice5% 1,150 stories · less than usual (usually 7%) Disasters & accidents4% 918 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence3% 742 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given2% 623 stories · about as usual Shelter & services1% 356 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 278 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 212 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 killed8,890 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected1,585 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,118 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured1,118 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting evacuations164 at about twice the usual rate · most about India and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees154 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Greece and France Stories reporting people falling ill88 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced61 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions46 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 one and a half times usual
● Feara little less than 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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