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38,818 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 rights and justice in Kabul, illness in Dubai and evacuations in Fiji. Nicaragua's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 80 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPalestine 71 in 100 of its 111 stories, usually 51
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
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

Afghanistan

115 of its 154 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Kabul accounted for 75 of Afghanistan's 115 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Fiji

39 of its 72 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories).

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

Ecuador

35 of its 47 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Guayaquil accounted for 29 of Ecuador's 35 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Sri Lanka

86 of its 165 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Health

Russia

412 of its 871 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Palestine

79 of its 111 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Ramallah accounted for 52 of Palestine's 79 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets.

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Health

Brazil

165 of its 287 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Health

Congo

36 of its 41 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in North Korea (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); wildfires in Ukraine (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tornadoes in US (722 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in Canada (23 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); earthquake in India (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

42 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 41; 44 the day before
44 in 10037 in 10015 Mar22 Mar29 Mar5 Apr13 Apr15 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 1006 Apr: 41 in 1007 Apr: 40 in 1008 Apr: 40 in 1009 Apr: 39 in 10010 Apr: 41 in 10011 Apr: 43 in 10012 Apr: 44 in 10013 Apr: 42 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 38,818 stories about harm among 93,195 counted on 13 Apr.

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The news turned to Afghanistan for the second day running. 42 in every 100 of the day's 93,195 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In North Korea's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 8 times their usual. On 14 April 2019, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 42 today. Afghanistan's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 66%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan75 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Syria73 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 71 · mostly health Palestine71 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Nepal70 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 58 · mostly health Yemen69 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 73 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1920 Jerusalem Israel36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 178 Wuhan China35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 570 Delhi India32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 594 New York US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 879

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: no storiesU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: near the world's share or lessSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIraq: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessMyanmar: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: no storiesNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: near the world's share or lessSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 69 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Venezuela: 66 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Vanuatu: 100 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Türkiye: 56 in 100 of its 291 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Syria: 73 in 100 of its 90 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Sudan: 65 in 100 of its 65 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Somalia: 65 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Saudi Arabia: 60 in 100 of its 395 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Rwanda: 72 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Philippines: 67 in 100 of its 736 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Pakistan: 62 in 100 of its 855 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)North Korea: 67 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Nigeria: 55 in 100 of its 1,325 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Nepal: 70 in 100 of its 66 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Morocco: 62 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Libya: 64 in 100 of its 67 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Kenya: 60 in 100 of its 268 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Israel: 56 in 100 of its 616 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Palestine: 71 in 100 of its 111 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Iran: 64 in 100 of its 286 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Indonesia: 64 in 100 of its 291 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Ethiopia: 63 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Ecuador: 74 in 100 of its 47 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Congo: 88 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)China: 56 in 100 of its 2,921 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Brazil: 57 in 100 of its 287 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Bangladesh: 66 in 100 of its 251 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Afghanistan: 75 in 100 of its 154 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Kashmir: 65 in 100 of its 149 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)China: 56 in 100 of its 2,921 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Palestine: 71 in 100 of its 111 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Palestine: 71 in 100 of its 111 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Kashmir: 65 in 100 of its 149 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Kashmir: 65 in 100 of its 149 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Palestine: 71 in 100 of its 111 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)Kashmir: 65 in 100 of its 149 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 42)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 42 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Afghanistan 75 in 100 of its 154 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Philippines 67 in 100 of its 736 stories · mostly health ● Syria 73 in 100 of its 90 stories · mostly health ● Palestine 71 in 100 of its 111 stories · mostly health ● Bangladesh 66 in 100 of its 251 stories · mostly health ● Pakistan 62 in 100 of its 855 stories · mostly health

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health80% 30,856 stories · less than usual (usually 85%) Disasters & accidents6% 2,439 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Rights & justice5% 2,025 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 939 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given2% 905 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence2% 854 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 387 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 222 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 killed12,130 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected2,368 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,591 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests1,584 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations160 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill109 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting people displaced99 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees83 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting abductions58 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
● Griefa little more than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.