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48,646 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 violence in Kabul, the cyclone in Fiji and illness in Montevideo. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 84 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostFiji 78 in 100 of its 158 stories, usually 31
RegionCentral Asia 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
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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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

127 of its 188 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Kabul accounted for 74 of Afghanistan's 127 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

123 of its 158 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Cyclone was named in 90 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with flooding, storms and hurricane.

Fiji over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Sudan

40 of its 56 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories →
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Health

Liberia

63 of its 88 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Monrovia accounted for 41 of Liberia's 63 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Tonga

13 of its 21 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Cyclone was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding and heavy rain. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Iran

Tehran accounted for 123 of Iran's 229 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Rwanda

36 of its 42 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Jamaica

82 of its 145 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).

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Health

Oman

40 of its 86 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: plague in Egypt (37 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in Tonga (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Israel (59 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Ukraine (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Iran (10 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 8 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 48,646 stories about harm among 120,393 counted on 8 Apr.

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40 in every 100 of the day's 120,393 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 39. A year earlier, on 9 April 2019, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 40 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Fiji78 in 100 of its 158 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Vanuatu77 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 60 · mostly disasters & accidents Libya73 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 59 · mostly health Yemen73 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 70 · mostly health Liberia72 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 50 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2458 Chicago US98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 616 Wuhan China50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1162 Beijing China41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 274 New York US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 943

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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sOman: 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'sMorocco: 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: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGeorgia: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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 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'sChile: 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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 readVatican City: 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: 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'sJersey: 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: 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 fearful as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as 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 twice as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSão Tomé: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage about twice as angry as 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'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNauru: 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

● Syria about 4 times as angry as the world's · 78 stories about harm ● Ecuador few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 25 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Spain about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 339 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 127 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 151 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health84% 40,832 stories · about as usual Rights & justice5% 2,497 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents4% 1,728 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given2% 996 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence2% 939 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 755 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 374 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 273 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 killed13,429 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,871 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,901 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,553 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations180 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees141 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting people falling ill118 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting people displaced111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions61 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria

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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