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8,782 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 Khost, protests in Jerusalem (Israel) and flooding in South Africa drew the news. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Ukraine →
Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostSweden 52 in 100 of its 77 stories, usually 21
RegionSouth Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

84 of its 134 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Khost accounted for 52 of Afghanistan's 84 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Khost stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 182 of Israel's 231 stories about harm, carried by 278 outlets. 116 of Jerusalem's 182 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (110 stories). Outbreaks were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Africa

160 of its 336 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (68 stories). Flooding was named in 86 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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

Ukraine

627 of its 1,221 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kyiv accounted for 254 of Ukraine's 627 stories about harm, carried by 478 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (195 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sweden

40 of its 77 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 12 of Orebro's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Türkiye

36 of its 81 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 6 of Istanbul's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

22 of its 37 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Baghdad accounted for 16 of Iraq's 22 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 16 of Myanmar's 23 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. 8 of Yangon's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Tunisia

33 of its 55 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (29 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: drownings in UK (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 8,782 stories about harm among 36,139 counted on 17 Apr.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 21 February 2022. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 36,139 stories, above the usual 22. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Ukraine. On 17 April 2021, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 24 today. Afghanistan stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 44%. This week the news turned most often to the Philippines, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan63 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia60 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents Sweden52 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 21 · mostly rights & justice Ukraine51 in 100 of its 1,221 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Israel51 in 100 of its 451 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182 Delhi India62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258 Kyiv Ukraine41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254 Washington US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 212 Colombo Sri Lanka22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 44

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'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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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 readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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 readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. 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: too little coverage to readCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: too little coverage to readAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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 readVatican 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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

● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 27 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 627 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as fearful as the world's · 222 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 176 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 253 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 3,194 stories · much less than usual (usually 43%) Rights & justice19% 1,628 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 1,604 stories · much more than usual (usually 13%) Disasters & accidents12% 1,012 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 358 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 358 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 299 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 244 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 killed2,311 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people injured1,157 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting arrests1,118 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected959 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations157 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions90 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US

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.

● Angera little more than 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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