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17,020 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 Darfur, the tsunami in Indonesia and arrests in Türkiye drew the news. Sudan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 44 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSudan 81 in 100 of its 70 stories, usually 50
RegionEast Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

57 of its 70 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Darfur accounted for 34 of Sudan's 57 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Food & livelihood

Indonesia

118 of its 242 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Tsunami was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with earthquake.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Türkiye

115 of its 246 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Pakistan

189 of its 605 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Polio was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Health

DR Congo

12 of its 14 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Mbandaka accounted for 10 of the DR Congo's 12 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. Ebola was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with outbreaks.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

24 of its 33 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Japan

189 of its 1,149 stories (16%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (18 stories). Storms were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with extreme cold.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 355 of Ukraine's 729 stories about harm, carried by 581 outlets. Train derailment was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

44 of its 97 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in DR Congo (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Poland (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); storms in Japan (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hepatitis in UK (50 of its stories, about three times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 17,020 stories about harm among 75,759 counted on 25 Apr.

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22 in every 100 of the day's 75,759 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 25 April 2021, a year earlier, the share was 28 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan81 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia56 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 40 · mostly health Lebanon53 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Hong Kong52 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 39 · mostly health Afghanistan51 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 513 Kyiv Ukraine70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 355 Jerusalem Israel68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145 Moscow Russia65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 187 Paris France47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 179

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualStanford, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 22 outletsEagle Pass, US -- disasters & accidents: 26 stories, carried by 43 outletsLjubljana, Slovenia -- health: 18 stories, carried by 41 outletsHong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong -- health: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsBrockworth, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 19 outletsMelbourne, Australia -- health: 21 stories, carried by 14 outletsWest Midlands, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 102 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 10 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

● Stanford US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Eagle Pass US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 26 stories ● Ljubljana Slovenia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Hong Kong about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Brockworth UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health44% 7,348 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 3,502 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence11% 1,913 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 1,849 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 663 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 598 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 481 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 435 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 killed3,809 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,616 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,240 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,064 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees267 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced212 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations111 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions68 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill23 at about twice the usual rate · most about the UK 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 about as 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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