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21,529 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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Illness in Jerusalem, violence in Batken and protests in Ndjamena (Chad) drew the news. Israel's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India →
Part of lifeHealth 55 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIsrael 65 in 100 of its 938 stories, usually 39
RegionCentral Asia 57 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

Israel

612 of its 938 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jerusalem accounted for 232 of Israel's 612 stories about harm, carried by 515 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Wildfires were named in 61 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plague and avalanche. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Conflict & violence

Kyrgyzstan

71 of its 103 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Batken accounted for 33 of Kyrgyzstan's 71 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kyrgyzstan over 30 days → its stories → Batken stories →
Protests & strikes

Chad

Ndjamena accounted for 23 of Chad's 32 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. 16 of Ndjamena's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Chad over 30 days → its stories → Ndjamena stories →
Disasters & accidents

Madagascar

18 of its 31 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Drought was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Afghanistan

164 of its 227 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kabul accounted for 73 of Afghanistan's 164 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

UK

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Heavy rain was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Tajikistan

25 of its 37 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

25 of its 36 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Brazil

141 of its 274 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

United Arab Emirates

34 of its 100 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: covid in Taiwan (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in St Vincent (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Uganda (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Australia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Canada (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 21,529 stories about harm among 88,959 counted on 30 Apr.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India. of the day's 88,959 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 25. Madagascar's news mentioned the drought about 6 times as often as usual. On 30 April 2020, a year earlier, the share was 35 in every 100, against 24 today. In Israel, 65% of the news was about people being harmed, where 39% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

St Vincent79 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 78 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan72 in 100 of its 227 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Kyrgyzstan69 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Israel65 in 100 of its 938 stories · usually 39 · mostly health Venezuela58 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 41 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 947 Jerusalem Israel44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232 Moscow Russia43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 London UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 354 Beijing China28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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 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 lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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: 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: too little coverage to readChad: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readNamibia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 38 stories, carried by 15 outletsAlabama, US -- health: 31 stories, carried by 31 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsColorado, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 26 outletsSichuan, China -- health: 13 stories, carried by 21 outletsAhmedabad, India -- health: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsBenue, Nigeria -- displacement: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 29 stories, carried by 29 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

● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 38 stories ● Alabama US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 31 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Sichuan China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health55% 11,704 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 4,105 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,759 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,429 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 903 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 636 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 436 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 351 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 killed6,022 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,659 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,577 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,351 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced149 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations134 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill40 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India

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