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22,788 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 people displaced in Tigray, protests in Hong Kong and people injured in Ukraine. Libya's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 56 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostHong Kong 47 in 100 of its 193 stories, usually 29
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Ethiopia

56 of its 88 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tigray accounted for 27 of Ethiopia's 56 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

61 of its 175 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

France

262 of its 841 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Paris accounted for 156 of France's 262 stories about harm, carried by 254 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mozambique

81 of its 101 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 37 of Mozambique's 81 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Polio was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Nigeria

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Accidents were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 49 of Myanmar's 83 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. 43 of Yangon's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

39 of its 83 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ghana (21 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); polio in Afghanistan (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in Nigeria (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 26; 25 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 22,788 stories about harm among 94,105 counted on 1 Apr.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 5 November 2020. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 94,105 stories, below the usual 26. Mentions of power cuts ran about 9 times their usual in Ghana's news. A year earlier, on 1 April 2020, 40 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. Ethiopia stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 54%. Over March, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 35 in March 2020.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique80 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar75 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 86 · mostly rights & justice Ethiopia64 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 54 · mostly health Syria62 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia57 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 44 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 843 Beijing China67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154 London UK65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 444 Los Angeles US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 196 Yangon Myanmar43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 49

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.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: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: 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 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 lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomalia: 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: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: 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 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 lessPakistan: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessMorocco: 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 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 lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: 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 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: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIran: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: 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: 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 lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: no storiesNew 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 lessEcuador: 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: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: 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: near the world's share or lessColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: 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: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: 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 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: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: 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 lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: near the world's share or lessMontserrat: 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: near the world's share or lessNauru: 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: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: near the world's share or lessZimbabwe: 33 in 100 of its 207 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Yemen: 49 in 100 of its 70 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Venezuela: 57 in 100 of its 47 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Ukraine: 35 in 100 of its 175 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Uganda: 42 in 100 of its 81 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Türkiye: 42 in 100 of its 207 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Tunisia: 43 in 100 of its 63 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Thailand: 43 in 100 of its 188 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Syria: 62 in 100 of its 96 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)South Sudan: 53 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Sudan: 44 in 100 of its 61 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)South Africa: 40 in 100 of its 931 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Saudi Arabia: 32 in 100 of its 309 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)St Vincent: 48 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Russia: 35 in 100 of its 753 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Philippines: 40 in 100 of its 350 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Peru: 36 in 100 of its 58 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)North Korea: 35 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Nigeria: 35 in 100 of its 1,179 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Niger: 56 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Namibia: 37 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Mozambique: 80 in 100 of its 101 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Moldova: 57 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Mali: 66 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Madagascar: 54 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Libya: 40 in 100 of its 67 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Lebanon: 39 in 100 of its 122 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Jamaica: 34 in 100 of its 179 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Israel: 36 in 100 of its 399 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 40 in 100 of its 86 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Iraq: 43 in 100 of its 100 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Indonesia: 49 in 100 of its 166 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Hungary: 48 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Guinea: 53 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)France: 31 in 100 of its 841 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Ethiopia: 64 in 100 of its 88 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Egypt: 39 in 100 of its 257 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Cuba: 39 in 100 of its 61 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Congo: 65 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Hong Kong: 47 in 100 of its 193 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Cambodia: 57 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Myanmar: 75 in 100 of its 110 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Bulgaria: 38 in 100 of its 86 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Brazil: 49 in 100 of its 247 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Belarus: 36 in 100 of its 72 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Bangladesh: 47 in 100 of its 231 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Afghanistan: 53 in 100 of its 133 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kashmir: 47 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 40 in 100 of its 86 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 40 in 100 of its 86 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kashmir: 47 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kashmir: 47 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Ukraine: 35 in 100 of its 175 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 40 in 100 of its 86 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kashmir: 47 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)
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 24 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

● Mozambique 80 in 100 of its 101 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Myanmar 75 in 100 of its 110 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Syria 62 in 100 of its 96 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Ethiopia 64 in 100 of its 88 stories · mostly health ● Brazil 49 in 100 of its 247 stories · mostly health ● Afghanistan 53 in 100 of its 133 stories · mostly conflict & violence

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

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health56% 12,622 stories · more than usual (usually 54%) Rights & justice21% 4,711 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,739 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,589 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 749 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 563 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 309 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 288 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 killed5,687 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,795 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,527 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured988 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees168 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions125 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations73 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK 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 softer than 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.