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11,590 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 a disaster in Baghdad, violence in Ankara and illness in India. Türkiye's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 52 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIraq 91 in 100 of its 283 stories, usually 52
RegionSouth Asia 47 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
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

Iraq

258 of its 283 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Baghdad accounted for 244 of Iraq's 258 stories about harm, carried by 612 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Covid was named in 195 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with volcanic eruption. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

122 of its 192 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Ankara accounted for 68 of Türkiye's 122 stories about harm, carried by 316 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Ankara stories →
Health

India

1,564 of its 3,207 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tsunami was named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with avalanche.

India over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Israel

165 of its 327 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jerusalem accounted for 110 of Israel's 165 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

113 of its 151 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

354 of its 816 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

France

135 of its 401 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 48 of Afghanistan's 88 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Switzerland

24 of its 57 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Egypt (33 of its stories, about three times its usual); accidents in Ukraine (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Spain (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Singapore (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in Indonesia (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

28 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 11,590 stories about harm among 41,993 counted on 25 Apr.

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In Iraq's news, mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 25 April 2020, 37 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 28 today. Iraq's news was 91% about people being harmed, against a usual 52%. of the day's 41,993 news stories, 28 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 26. This week the news turned most often to Chad, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq91 in 100 of its 283 stories · usually 52 · mostly disasters & accidents Armenia75 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye64 in 100 of its 192 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia61 in 100 of its 279 stories · usually 56 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 373 Jerusalem Israel49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 110 Minneapolis US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 56 London UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 160 Jakarta Indonesia34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 49

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia 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'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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'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'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: 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: 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: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful 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 more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGabon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Armenia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 113 stories about harm ● Türkiye about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 122 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as angry as the world's · 354 stories about harm ● Libya few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 18 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 88 stories about harm ● Iran few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 31 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health52% 5,977 stories · about as usual Rights & justice18% 2,037 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence10% 1,198 stories · more than usual (usually 8%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,189 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 557 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 230 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 154 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 123 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 killed4,192 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected931 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests892 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured798 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting abductions97 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced68 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees51 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting evacuations44 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill9 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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