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10,776 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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Most of the day's attention went to rights and justice in Malindi, violence in Mopti and people displaced in Khartoum. Kenya's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about Sudan and the US → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostKenya 48 in 100 of its 299 stories, usually 23
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Kenya

144 of its 299 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Malindi accounted for 98 of Kenya's 144 stories about harm, carried by 368 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (65 stories). Hunger was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Malindi stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

39 of its 42 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Mopti accounted for 22 of Mali's 39 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Sudan

767 of its 898 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Khartoum accounted for 665 of Sudan's 767 stories about harm, carried by 1,108 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (284 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

204 of its 637 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Hanoi accounted for 138 of Vietnam's 204 stories about harm, carried by 3 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Landslides were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Sri Lanka

16 of Colombo's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

65 of its 115 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Peru

18 of its 38 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Lima accounted for 17 of Peru's 18 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

26 of its 67 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 17 of Myanmar's 25 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. 9 of Yangon's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Malaysia

49 of its 133 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); illness in Sri Lanka (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in UK (49 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); road crashes in India (32 of its stories, about 5 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 23 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 10,776 stories about harm among 56,354 counted on 23 Apr.

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Evacuations were reported at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about Sudan and the US. of the day's 56,354 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Kenya's news was 48% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. On 23 April 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Sudan, on 6 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan85 in 100 of its 898 stories · usually 65 · mostly displacement Syria67 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 62 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir57 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence Kenya48 in 100 of its 299 stories · usually 23 · mostly rights & justice Türkiye39 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Khartoum Sudan61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 665 Washington US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 235 London UK43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 178 Tel Aviv Israel40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 69 Amritsar India35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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 readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: 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'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 · 65 stories about harm ● Kenya about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 144 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 103 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 2,798 stories · much less than usual (usually 32%) Rights & justice24% 2,537 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 1,500 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,379 stories · about as usual Displacement10% 1,038 stories · much more than usual (usually 2%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 622 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 374 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 341 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 killed3,137 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,366 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting arrests1,177 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured931 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sudan and the US Stories reporting evacuations430 at about 6 times the usual rate · most about Sudan and the US Stories reporting people displaced112 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sudan and Mali Stories reporting abductions84 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees68 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and Sudan Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan

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 much harsher than 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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