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21,077 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 Moscow (Russia), violence in Khartoum and a disaster in Dubai. Sudan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSudan 65 in 100 of its 867 stories, usually 50
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
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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Protests & strikes

Russia

414 of its 1,205 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Moscow accounted for 284 of Russia's 414 stories about harm, carried by 669 outlets. 170 of Moscow's 284 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (83 stories). Poisoning was named in 57 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

560 of its 867 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Khartoum accounted for 420 of Sudan's 560 stories about harm, carried by 676 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Power cuts were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

North Korea

23 of its 58 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Pyongyang accounted for 21 of North Korea's 23 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. 13 of Pyongyang's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Train derailment was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Yemen

79 of its 104 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Sanaa accounted for 59 of Yemen's 79 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

21 of its 23 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

124 of its 174 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken 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

Indonesia

Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Heavy rain was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

11 of Colombo's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). 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: train derailment in North Korea (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Indonesia (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); malaria in Nigeria (28 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); wildfires in France (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heatwave in India (54 of its stories, about 5 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 17 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 21,077 stories about harm among 114,173 counted on 17 Apr.

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Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in North Korea's news. of the day's 114,173 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 17 April 2022, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 18 today. Russia's news was 34% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen76 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 61 · mostly rights & justice Syria71 in 100 of its 174 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan65 in 100 of its 867 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine57 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Iran47 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 284 Clay County US119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152 Washington US92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 535 Khartoum Sudan79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 420 Chicago US62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 196

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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: 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 lessTajikistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readWestern 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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 lessCanada: 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 readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: 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 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualCape Verde: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualMacao: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSanaa, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 59 stories, carried by 118 outletsIowa, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 21 outletsBarcelona, Spain -- health: 17 stories, carried by 19 outletsMilan, Italy -- health: 21 stories, carried by 72 outletsAlaska, US -- disasters & accidents: 20 stories, carried by 19 outletsNorthern Ireland, UK -- conflict & violence: 101 stories, carried by 241 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 41 stories, carried by 18 outletsTaipei, Taiwan -- health: 12 stories, carried by 47 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

● Macao warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Sanaa Yemen about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 59 stories ● Iowa US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Barcelona Spain about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Milan Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Alaska US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 20 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health34% 6,919 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 5,301 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,834 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence12% 2,424 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,131 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 860 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 733 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 430 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 killed5,481 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,338 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,020 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,676 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions205 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced167 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees134 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about the usual rate

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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