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48,184 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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Illness in Tripoli, people injured in Yemen and the cyclone in Fiji drew the news. Libya's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 85 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostJapan 44 in 100 of its 1,118 stories, usually 28
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 54 in 100 of its stories, usually 47
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

Libya

46 of its 65 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Tripoli accounted for 31 of Libya's 46 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

31 of its 37 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

53 of its 121 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Cyclone was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding.

Fiji over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

UK

4,118 of its 8,823 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 275 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

Japan

491 of its 1,118 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tokyo accounted for 356 of Japan's 491 stories about harm, carried by 675 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (194 stories).

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Health

Nigeria

889 of its 1,440 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Hepatitis was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

Jersey

47 of its 90 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 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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Health

Malawi

34 of its 67 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

56 of its 71 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Guinea (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); wildfires in Ukraine (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in UK (275 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Israel (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in South Korea (18 of its stories, more than ten 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 7 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 48,184 stories about harm among 120,475 counted on 7 Apr.

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Fiji's news mentioned the cyclone more than ten times as often as usual. 40 in every 100 of the day's 120,475 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 39. A year earlier, on 8 April 2019, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 40 today. Libya stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 59%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda79 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Syria71 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Libya71 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 59 · mostly health Afghanistan65 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 61 · mostly health Bangladesh64 in 100 of its 217 stories · usually 57 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2338 Chicago US65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 481 London UK62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1344 Quetta Pakistan44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 51 Wuhan China40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 764

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: 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'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: 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'sTurkmenistan: 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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'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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta 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'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'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'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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 readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuam: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: 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'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSão Tomé: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as 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'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful 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 fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than 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 a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMontserrat: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMonaco: coverage a little angrier 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

● Rwanda about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 56 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 122 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health85% 40,557 stories · more than usual (usually 82%) Rights & justice5% 2,393 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents3% 1,466 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given2% 1,066 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence2% 1,010 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 732 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 406 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 330 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 killed13,225 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,942 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,838 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,617 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees197 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations181 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill115 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced94 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions71 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq

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.

● Angerabout as 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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