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23,154 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 rights and justice in Malindi, people displaced in Khartoum and violence in Port-au-Prince. Kenya's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Sudan and the US →
Part of lifeHealth 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostHaiti 82 in 100 of its 83 stories, usually 45
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 47 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

Kenya

219 of its 488 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Malindi accounted for 112 of Kenya's 219 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (109 stories). Hunger was named in 73 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. 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.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Malindi stories →
Displacement

Sudan

951 of its 1,148 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Khartoum accounted for 692 of Sudan's 951 stories about harm, carried by 831 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (382 stories). Cholera was named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles and polio. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Conflict & violence

Haiti

68 of its 83 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 55 of Haiti's 68 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

85 of its 157 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 41 of Iran's 85 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. 21 of Tehran's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Pakistan

343 of its 756 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Building collapse was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Portugal

37 of its 145 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Meningitis was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

91 of its 180 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories). Earthquake was named in 64 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with tsunami.

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Health

Taiwan

46 of its 207 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Singapore

77 of its 338 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Burkina Faso

31 of its 38 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Ouahigouya accounted for 23 of Burkina Faso's 31 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (64 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in Cuba (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Spain (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Nigeria (61 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Jamaica (11 of its stories, about three 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 25 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 23,154 stories about harm among 126,606 counted on 25 Apr.

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The news turned to Kenya for the third day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 126,606 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Sudan and the US. A year earlier, on 25 April 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Kenya's news was 45% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan83 in 100 of its 1,148 stories · usually 69 · mostly displacement Haiti82 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Syria55 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Iran54 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 42 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan53 in 100 of its 192 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US326 stories about protests or strikes, of its 993 New York US113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 311 Hollywood US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 342 Manhattan US63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 189 London UK38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 332

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readPeru: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: 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 readBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readTanzania: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualUvalde, US -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 38 outletsColumbus, US -- disasters & accidents: 28 stories, carried by 59 outletsWadi Rum, Jordan -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 10 stories, carried by 47 outletsRotherham, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsDiyarbakir, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 43 outletsBerkshire, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 18 outletsBuenos Aires, Argentina -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Uvalde US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Columbus US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 28 stories ● Wadi Rum Jordan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 10 stories ● Rotherham UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Diyarbakir Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 33 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health34% 7,770 stories · more than usual (usually 32%) Rights & justice26% 5,834 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 2,618 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence11% 2,581 stories · about as usual Displacement6% 1,342 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 953 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 810 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 784 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 killed5,682 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,621 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,342 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,450 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations615 at about three times the usual rate · most about Sudan and the US Stories reporting refugees208 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced160 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions150 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Congo

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 softer 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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