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43,804 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 violence in Colombo, refugees in Germany and illness in Myanmar. Myanmar's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 80 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostSri Lanka 61 in 100 of its 274 stories, usually 44
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

168 of its 274 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Colombo accounted for 104 of Sri Lanka's 168 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Health

Germany

391 of its 812 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Cholera was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

21 of its 21 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Jersey

59 of its 118 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Benin

11 of its 13 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Armenia

73 of its 164 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Haiti

14 of its 18 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Japan

Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Hurricane was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: malaria in Brazil (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in Malaysia (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Kenya (20 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in Bangladesh (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Japan (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

37 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 41; 38 the day before
44 in 10037 in 10023 Mar30 Mar6 Apr13 Apr21 Apr23 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 10015 Apr: 39 in 10016 Apr: 38 in 10017 Apr: 38 in 10018 Apr: 40 in 10019 Apr: 42 in 10020 Apr: 38 in 10021 Apr: 37 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 43,804 stories about harm among 117,326 counted on 21 Apr.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 16 March 2020. Madagascar's news mentioned the malaria more than ten times as often as usual. 37 in every 100 of the day's 117,326 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 41. On 22 April 2019, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 37 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen75 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 74 · mostly health Syria72 in 100 of its 169 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba66 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 57 · mostly health Afghanistan65 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 68 · mostly health Philippines65 in 100 of its 739 stories · usually 65 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US436 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2270 Delhi India62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 608 Beijing China58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254 Philadelphia US43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232 Chicago US42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 361

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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'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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSomaliland: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVanuatu: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSão Tomé: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIceland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBenin: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMaldives: 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 three times as angry as the world's · 121 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 168 stories about harm ● Spain about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 328 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Armenia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 73 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 178 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health80% 34,838 stories · less than usual (usually 84%) Rights & justice7% 2,905 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents4% 1,783 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence3% 1,387 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given2% 1,088 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 817 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 420 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 291 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 killed12,309 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,911 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,053 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,410 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees269 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Germany and Greece Stories reporting people displaced172 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations113 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions88 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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