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21,203 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 drownings in Libya, protests in Jerusalem (Israel) and evacuations in Nepal. Armenia'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 52 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostArmenia 70 in 100 of its 174 stories, usually 31
RegionSouth Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
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

Libya

70 of its 100 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tripoli accounted for 37 of Libya's 70 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (35 stories). Drownings were named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

212 of its 423 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jerusalem accounted for 132 of Israel's 212 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. 86 of Jerusalem's 132 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Health

Nepal

49 of its 77 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Outbreaks were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with respiratory illness.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

122 of its 174 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

India

1,718 of its 4,351 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tsunami was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hepatitis. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

228 of its 357 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (149 stories). Oil spill was named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Health

Burkina Faso

37 of its 39 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Rabies was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Jersey

48 of its 107 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

St Vincent

48 of its 52 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. la Soufriere accounted for 38 of St Vincent's 48 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets.

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Health

Tunisia

29 of its 50 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 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: oil spill in Indonesia (68 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); rabies in Burkina Faso (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Czechia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Japan (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in Australia (19 of its stories, about three times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 26; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 21,203 stories about harm among 87,021 counted on 23 Apr.

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Libya stood out: 70% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. 24 in every 100 of the day's 87,021 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. On 23 April 2020, a year earlier, the share was 37 in every 100, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

St Vincent92 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 75 · mostly disasters & accidents Armenia70 in 100 of its 174 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence Libya70 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents Indonesia64 in 100 of its 357 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Nepal64 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 43 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 827 Jerusalem Israel86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 132 Moscow Russia78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152 Minneapolis US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111 Los Angeles US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 179

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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: 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. 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: 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: 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 readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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 lessCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAksai 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: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSomalia: warmth about its own usualSt Vincent: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualNagpur, India -- health: 19 stories, carried by 14 outletsCedar Rapids, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsArroyo Grande, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 147 outletsPune, India -- health: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 67 stories, carried by 139 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 16 outletsMilan, Italy -- health: 15 stories, carried by 72 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- health: 14 stories, carried by 11 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

● Nagpur India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Cedar Rapids US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Arroyo Grande US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Pune India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Glasgow UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 67 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health52% 10,985 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 4,287 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 2,103 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,674 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 798 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 574 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 299 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 272 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 killed5,672 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,694 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,634 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured994 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions182 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations76 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nepal Stories reporting people falling ill13 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 harsher than 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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