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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.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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 Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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 lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: too little coverage to readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: 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 readCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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 lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad 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 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: too little coverage to readChagos 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUK: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGateshead, UK -- health: 37 stories, carried by 11 outletsMorecambe Bay, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsSussex, Canada -- health: 36 stories, carried by 104 outletsOsian, India -- health: 17 stories, carried by 18 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 23 stories, carried by 27 outletsSan Bernardino, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsMinnesota, US -- health: 77 stories, carried by 110 outletsLagos State, Nigeria -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Gateshead UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 37 stories ● Morecambe Bay UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Sussex Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 36 stories ● Osian India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories

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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