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22,164 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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Landslides in Indonesia, violence in Darfur and protests in Yangon (Myanmar) drew the news. Indonesia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 66 in 100 of its 210 stories, usually 50
RegionSouth Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

139 of its 210 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Landslides were named in 83 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with cyclone, flooding and heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

64 of its 107 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Darfur accounted for 54 of Sudan's 64 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 27 of Myanmar's 46 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. 24 of Yangon's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Nepal

32 of its 56 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kathmandu accounted for 20 of Nepal's 32 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Mozambique

78 of its 90 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 41 of Mozambique's 78 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Russia

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 62 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with respiratory illness and ebola. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Norway

63 of its 152 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Health

Barbados

16 of its 38 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Liberia

24 of its 51 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tuberculosis in Russia (62 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in New Zealand (47 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Iceland (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Saudi Arabia (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in India (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 22,164 stories about harm among 89,069 counted on 6 Apr.

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25 in every 100 of the day's 89,069 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 6 April 2020, a year earlier, the share was 41 in every 100, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mozambique87 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar84 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 85 · mostly rights & justice Indonesia66 in 100 of its 210 stories · usually 50 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan60 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Syria60 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 832 Moscow Russia53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 136 Chicago US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 New York US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 269 Northern Ireland UK31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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'sFiji: 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'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: 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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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 readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful 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 a little warmer than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer 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

● Yemen few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Indonesia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 139 stories about harm ● Mozambique about twice as fearful as the world's · 78 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as angry as the world's · 384 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 21 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 12,482 stories · more than usual (usually 53%) Rights & justice18% 3,941 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents9% 1,964 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,502 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 863 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 551 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 315 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 313 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 killed5,625 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,880 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,632 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees172 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations149 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iceland Stories reporting people displaced141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions137 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines

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.

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