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20,706 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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Violence in Tehran, rights and justice in Helsinki and protests in Gacaca (Rwanda) drew the news. Iran's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostFinland 70 in 100 of its 308 stories, usually 17
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 54 in 100 of its stories, usually 43
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

Iran

242 of its 382 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 160 of Iran's 242 stories about harm, carried by 270 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (184 stories). Outbreaks were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Rights & justice

Finland

216 of its 308 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Helsinki accounted for 150 of Finland's 216 stories about harm, carried by 399 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (172 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Finland over 30 days → its stories → Helsinki stories →
Protests & strikes

Rwanda

18 of its 32 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 4 of Gacaca's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Gacaca stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Switzerland

88 of its 290 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Avalanche was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with snowstorms.

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Health

Colombia

77 of its 215 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Covid was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Haiti

74 of its 112 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 39 of Haiti's 74 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (26 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,540 of its 2,107 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Hurricane was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 221 of Palestine's 267 stories about harm, carried by 359 outlets. Natural hazards were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Albania

22 of its 33 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Switzerland (43 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); covid in Colombia (26 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Thailand (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatstroke in Philippines (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Palestine (18 of its stories, more than ten 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 2 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 20,706 stories about harm among 112,749 counted on 2 Apr.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Iran. of the day's 112,749 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Switzerland's news mentioned the avalanche about 9 times as often as usual. Iran's news was 63% about people being harmed, against a usual 45%. A year earlier, on 3 April 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel73 in 100 of its 2,107 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Finland70 in 100 of its 308 stories · usually 17 · mostly rights & justice Haiti66 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Syria64 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Iran63 in 100 of its 382 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 570 Jerusalem Israel90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 261 Shifa Israel50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111 London UK49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 305 Delhi India31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 202

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 lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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: too little coverage to readJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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 lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 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 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readMacao: 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 readUzbekistan: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualVienna, Austria -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 13 stories, carried by 23 outletsBlackrock, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 19 stories, carried by 12 outletsWest Virginia, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsDasu, China -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsColorado, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 20 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 29 stories, carried by 16 outletsBijapur, India -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsNiger Delta, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 27 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

● Vienna Austria about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 13 stories ● Blackrock UK about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 19 stories ● West Virginia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Dasu China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 5,783 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 4,587 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents18% 3,600 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence16% 3,160 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,266 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 821 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 767 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 325 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 killed5,955 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,280 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,013 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,290 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions518 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced224 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees134 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations119 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Taiwan

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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