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20,138 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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A disaster in Baghdad, people affected in Yemen and violence in Tehran drew the news. Iraq's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 56 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIran 52 in 100 of its 244 stories, usually 31
RegionSouth Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
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

Iraq

107 of its 150 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Baghdad accounted for 92 of Iraq's 107 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Health

Yemen

39 of its 51 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Diphtheria was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

128 of its 244 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tehran accounted for 81 of Iran's 128 stories about harm, carried by 307 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories).

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

Türkiye

188 of its 348 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

533 of its 1,240 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (34 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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Disasters & accidents

Ukraine

91 of its 261 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Accidents were named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 149 of Israel's 221 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Thailand

113 of its 206 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Bangkok accounted for 80 of Thailand's 113 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

112 of its 197 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: accidents in Ukraine (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Romania (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Somalia (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in India (39 of its stories, about three times its usual); hepatitis in UK (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 26; 28 the day before
28 in 10024 in 10028 Mar4 Apr11 Apr18 Apr26 Apr28 Mar: 28 in 10029 Mar: 26 in 10030 Mar: 25 in 10031 Mar: 25 in 1001 Apr: 24 in 1002 Apr: 26 in 1003 Apr: 27 in 1004 Apr: 28 in 1005 Apr: 26 in 1006 Apr: 25 in 1007 Apr: 25 in 1008 Apr: 25 in 1009 Apr: 25 in 10010 Apr: 27 in 10011 Apr: 28 in 10012 Apr: 25 in 10013 Apr: 26 in 10014 Apr: 25 in 10015 Apr: 24 in 10016 Apr: 25 in 10017 Apr: 27 in 10018 Apr: 28 in 10019 Apr: 25 in 10020 Apr: 25 in 10021 Apr: 24 in 10022 Apr: 24 in 10023 Apr: 24 in 10024 Apr: 28 in 10025 Apr: 28 in 10026 Apr: 24 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 20,138 stories about harm among 82,421 counted on 26 Apr.

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Yemen's news mentioned the diphtheria more than ten times as often as usual. 24 in every 100 of the day's 82,421 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. For the second day running, the news turned to Iraq. On 26 April 2020, a year earlier, the share was 39 in every 100, against 24 today. Iraq's news was 71% about people being harmed, against a usual 57%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen76 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 60 · mostly health Iraq71 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 57 · mostly disasters & accidents Mozambique68 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh58 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 48 · mostly health Armenia57 in 100 of its 197 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 821 Jerusalem Israel59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Delhi India49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 681 Moscow Russia48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138 London UK48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 294

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: no storiesFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: no storiesNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 76 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Venezuela: 50 in 100 of its 58 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Ukraine: 35 in 100 of its 261 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Uganda: 42 in 100 of its 79 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Türkiye: 54 in 100 of its 348 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Tunisia: 44 in 100 of its 63 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Thailand: 55 in 100 of its 206 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Syria: 46 in 100 of its 79 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)South Sudan: 65 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Sudan: 49 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Sri Lanka: 37 in 100 of its 195 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Somalia: 50 in 100 of its 64 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Singapore: 36 in 100 of its 221 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)St Vincent: 80 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Rwanda: 58 in 100 of its 43 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Russia: 33 in 100 of its 676 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Philippines: 41 in 100 of its 509 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Pakistan: 43 in 100 of its 552 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Nigeria: 43 in 100 of its 1,240 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Nepal: 51 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Mozambique: 68 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Libya: 36 in 100 of its 67 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Lebanon: 42 in 100 of its 79 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kyrgyzstan: 56 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kuwait: 48 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kenya: 34 in 100 of its 194 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kazakhstan: 47 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Israel: 41 in 100 of its 541 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 57 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Iraq: 71 in 100 of its 150 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Iran: 52 in 100 of its 244 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Indonesia: 52 in 100 of its 269 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)India: 41 in 100 of its 4,888 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Guatemala: 64 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Georgia: 83 in 100 of its 6 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Ethiopia: 41 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Ecuador: 55 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Czechia: 43 in 100 of its 61 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Cuba: 52 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Côte d’Ivoire: 50 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)DR Congo: 50 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Chad: 49 in 100 of its 95 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Cambodia: 45 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Myanmar: 61 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Burkina Faso: 77 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Belgium: 39 in 100 of its 127 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Bangladesh: 58 in 100 of its 148 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Armenia: 57 in 100 of its 197 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Afghanistan: 55 in 100 of its 170 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kashmir: 52 in 100 of its 101 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 57 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 57 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kashmir: 52 in 100 of its 101 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kashmir: 52 in 100 of its 101 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Ukraine: 35 in 100 of its 261 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 57 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kashmir: 52 in 100 of its 101 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 24 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Iraq 71 in 100 of its 150 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Yemen 76 in 100 of its 51 stories · mostly health ● Türkiye 54 in 100 of its 348 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Armenia 57 in 100 of its 197 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Bangladesh 58 in 100 of its 148 stories · mostly health ● Thailand 55 in 100 of its 206 stories · mostly health

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health56% 11,200 stories · more than usual (usually 53%) Rights & justice17% 3,471 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence9% 1,721 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,661 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 855 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 433 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 320 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 302 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 killed5,917 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,444 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,413 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured949 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations85 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill19 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 softer 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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