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15,184 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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The day's news pointed at protests in Norrkoping (Sweden), flooding in South Africa and the hunger in Ukraine. Ukraine's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 43 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSweden 75 in 100 of its 160 stories, usually 21
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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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Protests & strikes

Sweden

120 of its 160 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Norrkoping accounted for 70 of Sweden's 120 stories about harm, carried by 256 outlets. 63 of Norrkoping's 70 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Norrkoping stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Africa

263 of its 450 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Durban accounted for 80 of South Africa's 263 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (86 stories). Flooding was named in 136 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms, power cuts and drownings.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories → Durban stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

993 of its 1,857 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (415 stories). Hunger was named in 136 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Pakistan

205 of its 670 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 193 of Israel's 246 stories about harm, carried by 270 outlets. 100 of Jerusalem's 193 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

93 of its 171 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Algeria

11 of its 22 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Tunisia

30 of its 52 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

55 of its 108 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Egypt

51 of its 174 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in UK (29 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hepatitis in India (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 15,184 stories about harm among 63,468 counted on 18 Apr.

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Sweden stood out: 75% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 21%. 24 in every 100 of the day's 63,468 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. On 18 April 2021, a year earlier, the share was 28 in every 100, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sweden75 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 21 · mostly rights & justice Syria59 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence South Africa58 in 100 of its 450 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents Tunisia58 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine55 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193 Delhi India63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 305 Norrkoping Sweden63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 70 Kyiv Ukraine53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 262 Washington US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 472

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão 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: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 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 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualRoscommon, Ireland -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 80 outletsCincinnati, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsGlen Allen, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsHarare, Zimbabwe -- health: 16 stories, carried by 18 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 14 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 42 stories, carried by 16 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

● Roscommon Ireland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Cincinnati US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Glen Allen US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health43% 6,404 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 2,840 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,066 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 1,645 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 648 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 614 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 419 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 395 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 killed3,772 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,613 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting arrests1,564 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,416 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees270 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting evacuations164 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced126 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba

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