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12,281 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 day's news pointed at train derailment in Taiwan, people killed in Argentina and people injured in Mali. Mali's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 52 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTaiwan 80 in 100 of its 189 stories, usually 32
RegionCentral Asia 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
Tone of the words Much 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

151 of its 189 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Hualien accounted for 96 of Taiwan's 151 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (14 stories). Train derailment was named in 103 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Hualien stories →
Health

Argentina

36 of its 64 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Illness was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

28 of its 33 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Mali over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Thailand

61 of its 108 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Bangkok accounted for 35 of Thailand's 61 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Mozambique

50 of its 54 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 27 of Mozambique's 50 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Malta

16 of its 42 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

42 of its 47 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Jordan

46 of its 118 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Ethiopia

34 of its 47 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Tigray accounted for 25 of Ethiopia's 34 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Singapore (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Australia (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); overdoses in US (65 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 12,281 stories about harm among 45,765 counted on 3 Apr.

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Taiwan's news was 80% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. of the day's 45,765 news stories, 27 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 26. the news turned to Taiwan for the second day running. A year earlier, on 3 April 2020, 40 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique93 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar85 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 85 · mostly conflict & violence Taiwan80 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria72 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq68 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 55 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US218 stories about protests or strikes, of its 585 Promised Land US59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 65 London UK55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 223 Northern Ireland UK49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84 Chicago US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: 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 lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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 lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 one and a half times its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualArizona, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 21 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- health: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsGlastonbury, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 51 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 22 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 13 outletsSan Antonio, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsSydney, Australia -- health: 58 stories, carried by 49 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

● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Jammu Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Glastonbury UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health52% 6,286 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 2,451 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,213 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,103 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 585 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 242 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 152 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 134 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 killed3,996 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests975 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured889 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Taiwan Stories reporting people affected837 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions90 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees73 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced67 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations48 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill5 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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