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12,279 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 Sevare, people displaced in Khartoum and road crashes in Vietnam. Mali's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Sudan and Russia →
Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 52 in 100 of its 159 stories, usually 30
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
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

Mali

33 of its 36 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Sevare accounted for 19 of Mali's 33 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Sevare stories →
Displacement

Sudan

410 of its 524 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Khartoum accounted for 321 of Sudan's 410 stories about harm, carried by 759 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Health

Vietnam

355 of its 1,059 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Hanoi accounted for 191 of Vietnam's 355 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (50 stories). Road crashes were named in 65 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Australia

340 of its 1,588 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (215 stories). Accidents were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. 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.

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

Kashmir

82 of its 159 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Jammu accounted for 38 of Kashmir's 82 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Extreme cold was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Displacement

Saudi Arabia

43 of its 132 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

159 of its 406 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

38 of its 103 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Earthquake was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tsunami.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

21 of its 55 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Thailand (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Russia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in UK (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in US (27 of its stories, about 4 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 22 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 12,279 stories about harm among 65,399 counted on 22 Apr.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Sudan and Russia. 19 in every 100 of the day's 65,399 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Mali, 92% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual. Indonesia's news mentioned the earthquake about 5 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 22 April 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan78 in 100 of its 524 stories · usually 64 · mostly displacement Kashmir52 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence Iran45 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Nepal41 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 31 · mostly health Ethiopia39 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 37 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 403 London UK57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 205 Khartoum Sudan32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321 Tehran Iran20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 27 Aintree UK18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 33

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'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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'sBangladesh: 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'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'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: 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 one and a half times as angry as 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 · 82 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Australia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 340 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 21 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 17 stories about harm ● Sudan about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 410 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 3,760 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 2,837 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 1,945 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,480 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 667 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 557 stories · more than usual (usually 2%) Shelter & services4% 461 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 328 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 killed3,282 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,326 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,164 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured924 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations242 at about three times the usual rate · most about Sudan and Russia Stories reporting abductions101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced93 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees82 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about two-thirds of 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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