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19,329 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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Train derailment in Taiwan, rights and justice in Tigray and protests in Yangon (Myanmar) drew the news. Taiwan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 53 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTaiwan 81 in 100 of its 435 stories, usually 26
RegionCentral Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
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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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

353 of its 435 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Hualien accounted for 195 of Taiwan's 353 stories about harm, carried by 506 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Train derailment was named in 286 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Hualien stories →
Rights & justice

Ethiopia

75 of its 108 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tigray accounted for 62 of Ethiopia's 75 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 41 of Myanmar's 64 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. 36 of Yangon's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

83 of its 147 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories →
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Health

Belgium

44 of its 89 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Brussels accounted for 39 of Belgium's 44 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Mali

24 of its 32 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

27 of its 43 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mozambique

66 of its 80 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 36 of Mozambique's 66 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Netherlands

74 of its 206 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).

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Health

Bangladesh

93 of its 175 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in UK (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in US (17 of its stories, about three times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 19,329 stories about harm among 74,869 counted on 2 Apr.

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Taiwan stood out: 81% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 26%. 26 in every 100 of the day's 74,869 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Taiwan's news, mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual. On 2 April 2020, a year earlier, the share was 41 in every 100, against 26 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique82 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Taiwan81 in 100 of its 435 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar76 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 85 · mostly rights & justice Ethiopia69 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Niger64 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US316 stories about protests or strikes, of its 996 Beijing China42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112 Richmond US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 72 Yangon Myanmar36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 41 Chicago US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'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'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: 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'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little angrier than 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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

● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 27 stories about harm ● Taiwan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 353 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 24 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Tunisia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 30 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health53% 10,086 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 3,962 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,853 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,588 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 759 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 405 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 254 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 234 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 killed5,423 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,556 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,362 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,320 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Taiwan Stories reporting refugees148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced145 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ethiopia and Mozambique Stories reporting evacuations128 at about twice the usual rate · most about Taiwan and the US Stories reporting abductions115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China

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.

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