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13,031 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh), people killed in the Czechia and people affected in Tunisia. Tunisia's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 51 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostCuba 59 in 100 of its 124 stories, usually 36
RegionSouth Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

83 of its 143 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Dhaka accounted for 38 of Bangladesh's 83 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. 20 of Dhaka's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories).

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Health

Czechia

32 of its 78 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Tunisia

29 of its 47 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

United Arab Emirates

33 of its 110 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Dubai accounted for 32 of the United Arab Emirates' 33 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Health

Philippines

205 of its 374 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Typhoon was named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms, flooding and cyclone.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

56 of its 57 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 83%. 20 of Aung Hlaing's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Israel

81 of its 178 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jerusalem accounted for 45 of Israel's 81 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Health

Japan

102 of its 474 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

UK

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Hurricane was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with earthquake. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Türkiye (44 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Russia (51 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Libya (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in UK (12 of its stories, about 9 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 17 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 13,031 stories about harm among 49,145 counted on 17 Apr.

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Türkiye's news mentioned Covid about 4 times as often as usual. 27 in every 100 of the day's 49,145 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 17 April 2020, a year earlier, the share was 38 in every 100, against 27 today. Bangladesh stood out: 58% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 48%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar98 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 83 · mostly rights & justice Iraq61 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba59 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 36 · mostly health Bangladesh58 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Hong Kong57 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 29 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 477 Chicago US73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 180 Moscow Russia48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91 Minneapolis US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74 Delhi India32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 353

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 lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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 lessMali: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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 lessIsrael: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualMiddlesbrough, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 10 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 41 stories, carried by 34 outletsGeorgia, US -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 28 outletsKatsina, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsOklahoma, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsChennai, India -- health: 74 stories, carried by 116 outletsBeijing, China -- rights & justice: 77 stories, carried by 177 outletsMelbourne, Australia -- health: 25 stories, carried by 48 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

● Middlesbrough UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 41 stories ● Georgia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 20 stories ● Katsina Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Oklahoma US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health51% 6,610 stories · less than usual (usually 53%) Rights & justice21% 2,700 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,278 stories · more than usual (usually 8%) Disasters & accidents8% 1,085 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 644 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 226 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 204 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 197 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 killed4,502 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests1,138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected927 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured710 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees160 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting abductions101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced58 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Yemen and the US Stories reporting evacuations45 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about St Vincent and South Africa Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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