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22,288 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 news turned to violence in Kabul, rights and justice in Tigray and illness in Tunis. Ethiopia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 53 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTunisia 69 in 100 of its 59 stories, usually 42
RegionCentral Asia 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

180 of its 297 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Kabul accounted for 93 of Afghanistan's 180 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Rights & justice

Ethiopia

Tigray accounted for 32 of Ethiopia's 43 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Cuba

68 of its 146 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Havana accounted for 48 of Cuba's 68 stories about harm, carried by 165 outlets. 25 of Havana's 48 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

258 of its 629 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Israel

151 of its 359 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Nigeria

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Polio was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

Marib accounted for 22 of Yemen's 37 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Kyrgyzstan

21 of its 32 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 6 of Bishkek's 12 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (27 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flu in South Africa (23 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); polio in Nigeria (10 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 16 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 22,288 stories about harm among 89,962 counted on 16 Apr.

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For the fourth day running, the news turned to Afghanistan. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 89,962 stories, as usual. Mentions of the hunger ran about 6 times their usual in Ethiopia's news. On 16 April 2020, a year earlier, the share was 38 in every 100, against 25 today. Afghanistan stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 54%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

St Vincent78 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 72 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar77 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 83 · mostly rights & justice Tunisia69 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 42 · mostly health Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 297 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen60 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 923 Minneapolis US83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 131 Beijing China75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 203 Chicago US69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 271 Islamabad Pakistan38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 103

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: 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'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuyana: 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'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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 readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as 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 more grief-stricken than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times 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'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little angrier 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 angry as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Denmark few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Ethiopia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 180 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 110 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 40 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health53% 11,645 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 4,295 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 2,129 stories · more than usual (usually 8%) Disasters & accidents8% 1,774 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 909 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 561 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 374 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 366 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 killed6,196 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,642 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,637 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,099 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees286 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting people displaced152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions129 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations56 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and St Vincent Stories reporting people falling ill23 at about the usual rate

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 about as 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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