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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.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: too little coverage to readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readNigeria: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualYorkshire, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 11 outletsArbroath, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsMakkah, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 19 outletsIbadan, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsKano, Nigeria -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsPennsylvania, US -- health: 39 stories, carried by 41 outletsBurlington, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 15 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Yorkshire UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Arbroath UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Makkah Saudi Arabia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Jammu Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 32 stories ● Ibadan Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories

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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