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46,457 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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Most of the day's attention went to wildfires in Ukraine, refugees in Ethiopia and rights and justice in Cyprus. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 82 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPalestine 86 in 100 of its 227 stories, usually 52
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 54 in 100 of its stories, usually 52
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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Disasters & accidents

Ukraine

217 of its 326 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kyiv accounted for 129 of Ukraine's 217 stories about harm, carried by 402 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Wildfires were named in 70 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Health

Ethiopia

71 of its 113 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Natural hazards were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Congo

29 of its 36 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Measles was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with rubella. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
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Health

Thailand

162 of its 286 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Ebola was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Palestine

196 of its 227 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Ramallah accounted for 137 of Palestine's 196 stories about harm, carried by 11 outlets.

its stories →
Health

South Sudan

26 of its 28 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Health

Mauritius

14 of its 20 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

54 of its 106 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Health

Türkiye

196 of its 312 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Guinea (11 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); malaria in Brazil (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Switzerland (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); ebola in Thailand (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in France (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

40 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 41; 42 the day before
44 in 10037 in 10016 Mar23 Mar30 Mar6 Apr14 Apr16 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 10014 Apr: 40 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 46,457 stories about harm among 115,509 counted on 14 Apr.

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40 in every 100 of the day's 115,509 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 15 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 →

Palestine86 in 100 of its 227 stories · usually 52 · mostly health Somalia74 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 62 · mostly health Syria73 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 71 · mostly health Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 66 · mostly health Ukraine67 in 100 of its 326 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US166 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2598 Delhi India58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 638 Mumbai India56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 355 Wuhan China47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 699 Beijing China47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 355

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'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNiger: 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'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: 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 readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVanuatu: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as 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'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than 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 three times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little angrier than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little warmer 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

● Libya few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 183 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Egypt about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 100 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 54 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health82% 37,985 stories · less than usual (usually 85%) Rights & justice5% 2,536 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents5% 2,109 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 994 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given2% 973 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence2% 877 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 478 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 280 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 killed12,975 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,877 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,054 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,604 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations133 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced125 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 abductions102 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US

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 as 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.