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10,419 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 news turned to violence in Kunduz, people killed in Croatia and illness in Mbandaka. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 72 in 100 of its 148 stories, usually 50
RegionSouth Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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

Afghanistan

107 of its 148 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Kunduz accounted for 39 of Afghanistan's 107 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kunduz stories →
Disasters & accidents

Croatia

12 of its 19 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Somalia

28 of its 36 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Mogadishu accounted for 17 of Somalia's 28 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Taiwan

28 of its 55 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Taipei accounted for 19 of Taiwan's 28 stories about harm, carried by 11 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Poland

30 of its 66 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (15 stories). Earthquake was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

114 of its 608 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (48 stories). Flooding was named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

174 of its 586 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Polio was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

68 of its 129 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Jammu accounted for 40 of Kashmir's 68 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Japan (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Poland (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Brazil (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in UK (73 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 10,419 stories about harm among 45,647 counted on 23 Apr.

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In the DR Congo's news, mentions of Ebola ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 45,647 stories, as usual. Afghanistan's news was 72% about people being harmed, against a usual 50%. On 23 April 2021, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan72 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Israel53 in 100 of its 240 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir53 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Thailand51 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 34 · mostly health Taiwan51 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 30 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 387 Moscow Russia43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 Jerusalem Israel42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95 Kyiv Ukraine27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 200 Atlanta US26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 40

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'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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'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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: 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'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: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLatvia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times 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 about three times as fearful as the world's · 68 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 107 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 572 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 24 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 174 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 15 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health40% 4,082 stories · less than usual (usually 43%) Rights & justice19% 1,971 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 1,449 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 1,317 stories · more than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 443 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 414 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 370 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 264 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 killed2,581 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,159 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured848 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting arrests811 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees162 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting evacuations149 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 abductions73 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India 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.

● 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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