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10,585 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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Violence in Kyiv, people affected in Malaysia and people injured in Türkiye drew the news. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 41 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 46 in 100 of its 158 stories, usually 29
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

812 of its 1,525 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Kyiv accounted for 377 of Ukraine's 812 stories about harm, carried by 605 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (232 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

118 of its 288 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (57 stories). Illness was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Türkiye

37 of its 90 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Outbreaks were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with respiratory illness.

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

Palestine

36 of its 50 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jenin accounted for 25 of Palestine's 36 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

44 of its 78 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Anantnag accounted for 32 of Kashmir's 44 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

61 of its 110 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tehran accounted for 37 of Iran's 61 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

25 of its 45 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Tel Aviv accounted for 93 of Israel's 135 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

19 of its 24 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Power cuts were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Puerto Rico (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); oil spill in Yemen (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Philippines (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Nigeria (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 10,585 stories about harm among 46,193 counted on 9 Apr.

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Türkiye's news mentioned outbreaks about 7 times as often as usual. 23 in every 100 of the day's 46,193 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 9 April 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. Ukraine stood out: 53% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 43%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine72 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen60 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 58 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir56 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Iran55 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine53 in 100 of its 1,525 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 328 Colombo Sri Lanka40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 56 Kyiv Ukraine37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 377 Mumbai India30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Moscow Russia30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 136

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão 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: 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: 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 lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: 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: 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 readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readBelgium: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualIllinois, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 34 outletsAintree, UK -- health: 23 stories, carried by 38 outletsAnantnag, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 19 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 19 stories, carried by 133 outletsMarib, Yemen -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 29 outletsIdaho, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsDublin, Ireland -- health: 18 stories, carried by 72 outletsBeijing, China -- health: 51 stories, carried by 93 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

● Illinois US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Aintree UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories ● Anantnag Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 32 stories ● Nottingham UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Marib Yemen about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health41% 4,302 stories · less than usual (usually 44%) Rights & justice20% 2,092 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence14% 1,488 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,099 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 433 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 396 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 355 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 306 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 killed2,608 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,024 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,001 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured780 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting refugees185 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting evacuations157 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions155 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced151 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 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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