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18,648 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 Nablus, evacuations in Italy and people killed in Chad. Chad's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostChad 60 in 100 of its 73 stories, usually 25
RegionOceania 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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

Palestine

80 of its 118 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Nablus accounted for 27 of Palestine's 80 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Nablus stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

121 of its 504 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Accidents were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Chad

44 of its 73 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Chad over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Sweden

71 of its 198 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Israel

408 of its 837 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jerusalem accounted for 213 of Israel's 408 stories about harm, carried by 412 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

France

286 of its 772 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (115 stories). Avalanche was named in 71 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with gas explosion and building collapse.

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Disasters & accidents

Malta

36 of its 99 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

10 of Amhara's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

South Africa

205 of its 550 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Haiti

20 of its 30 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tornadoes in New Zealand (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in France (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Malaysia (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (33 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 18,648 stories about harm among 100,116 counted on 10 Apr.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 100,116 stories, as usual. On 10 April 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine68 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen61 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Chad60 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 25 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Syria59 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Israel49 in 100 of its 837 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US150 stories about protests or strikes, of its 590 Nashville US113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 Jerusalem Israel81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213 Shelby County US52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 63 London UK46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 210

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: 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: 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 lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPapua 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: 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 readSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualYekaterinburg, Russia -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 20 outletsColorado, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsNorthern Ireland, UK -- conflict & violence: 131 stories, carried by 224 outletsAlaska, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsDublin, Ireland -- health: 32 stories, carried by 28 outletsBenue, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 14 outletsAmhara, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 26 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

● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Yekaterinburg Russia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Northern Ireland UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 131 stories ● Alaska US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Dublin Ireland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 32 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 5,594 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 4,189 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents16% 2,880 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,716 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,164 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 813 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 575 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 386 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 killed5,370 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,840 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,825 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,732 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations223 at about twice the usual rate · most about France and Israel Stories reporting refugees154 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● 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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