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24,317 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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Train derailment in the Netherlands and violence in Stockholm and Damascus drew the news. Syria's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNetherlands 47 in 100 of its 508 stories, usually 17
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Disasters & accidents

Netherlands

238 of its 508 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Voorschoten accounted for 133 of the Netherlands' 238 stories about harm, carried by 278 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (172 stories). Train derailment was named in 170 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories → Voorschoten stories →
Health

Sweden

116 of its 392 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Stockholm accounted for 73 of Sweden's 116 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Stockholm stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

33 of its 66 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Natural hazards were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

270 of its 859 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

448 of its 1,474 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (146 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 128 of Israel's 246 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Guinea

13 of its 22 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Health

Monaco

9 of its 22 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Saudi Arabia (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Colombia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Papua New Guinea (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); avalanche in India (132 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 24,317 stories about harm among 133,397 counted on 4 Apr.

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The Netherlands' news mentioned train derailment more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 133,397 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In the Netherlands, 47% of the news was about people being harmed, where 17% is usual. On 4 April 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria76 in 100 of its 282 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar63 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine56 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea50 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 23 · mostly disasters & accidents Netherlands47 in 100 of its 508 stories · usually 17 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Manhattan US414 stories about protests or strikes, of its 609 Washington US196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 663 Nashville US80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 142 London UK63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 399 New York US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 286

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPeru: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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 readLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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 readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readSomalia: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualMonaco: warmth about its own usualMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 19 outletsKelowna, Canada -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 34 outletsKidderminster, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsBurlington, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- conflict & violence: 41 stories, carried by 99 outletsChattanooga, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsTigray, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 43 stories, carried by 77 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

● Mogadishu Somalia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Kelowna Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Kidderminster UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Burlington US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 41 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 7,678 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 6,017 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 4,165 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 2,590 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,156 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,115 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 783 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 354 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 killed5,529 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,307 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,254 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,538 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions220 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees194 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Canada and the UK Stories reporting people displaced146 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting evacuations92 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Colombia Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about the usual rate

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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