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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.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: no storiesU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: no storiesTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIraq: near the world's share or lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: no storiesFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: no storiesNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: no storiesDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: no storiesCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: near the world's share or lessMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: no storiesSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: no storiesCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: near the world's share or lessZimbabwe: 27 in 100 of its 162 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Yemen: 85 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Vietnam: 32 in 100 of its 637 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Vanuatu: 80 in 100 of its 5 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ukraine: 25 in 100 of its 416 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Uganda: 31 in 100 of its 58 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Türkiye: 39 in 100 of its 132 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Tunisia: 60 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Thailand: 32 in 100 of its 94 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Tanzania: 37 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Syria: 67 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Sudan: 85 in 100 of its 898 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Sri Lanka: 29 in 100 of its 123 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)South Africa: 25 in 100 of its 499 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Somalia: 61 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Sierra Leone: 39 in 100 of its 36 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Saudi Arabia: 28 in 100 of its 120 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Rwanda: 47 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Russia: 26 in 100 of its 488 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Philippines: 31 in 100 of its 369 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Peru: 47 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Pakistan: 39 in 100 of its 277 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Nigeria: 27 in 100 of its 1,049 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Nicaragua: 86 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)New Zealand: 27 in 100 of its 391 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Nepal: 37 in 100 of its 92 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Namibia: 32 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Mexico: 35 in 100 of its 182 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Mali: 93 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Malaysia: 37 in 100 of its 133 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Libya: 86 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kenya: 48 in 100 of its 299 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Israel: 32 in 100 of its 507 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 45 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Iran: 34 in 100 of its 96 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)India: 25 in 100 of its 3,843 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ethiopia: 30 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Egypt: 31 in 100 of its 108 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Denmark: 31 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Colombia: 48 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cambodia: 31 in 100 of its 39 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Myanmar: 74 in 100 of its 34 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Burundi: 92 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Barbados: 34 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Bangladesh: 39 in 100 of its 112 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Azerbaijan: 28 in 100 of its 110 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Armenia: 39 in 100 of its 67 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Afghanistan: 34 in 100 of its 92 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 57 in 100 of its 115 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 45 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 45 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 57 in 100 of its 115 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 57 in 100 of its 115 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ukraine: 25 in 100 of its 416 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 45 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 57 in 100 of its 115 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 19 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Sudan 85 in 100 of its 898 stories · mostly displacement ● Kashmir 57 in 100 of its 115 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Syria 67 in 100 of its 55 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Kenya 48 in 100 of its 299 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Pakistan 39 in 100 of its 277 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Türkiye 39 in 100 of its 132 stories · mostly disasters & accidents

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.