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21,523 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 landslides in Taiwan, protests in Kampala (Uganda) and rights and justice in Helsinki. Iran's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostTaiwan 75 in 100 of its 1,251 stories, usually 20
RegionEast Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

936 of its 1,251 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Hualien accounted for 443 of Taiwan's 936 stories about harm, carried by 751 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (63 stories). Landslides were named in 208 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts, building collapse and train derailment. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Hualien stories →
Protests & strikes

Uganda

93 of its 171 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 30 of Kampala's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). HIV was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Rights & justice

Finland

95 of its 183 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Helsinki accounted for 69 of Finland's 95 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Finland over 30 days → its stories → Helsinki stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

144 of its 230 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tehran accounted for 93 of Iran's 144 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Panama

24 of its 57 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,438 of its 1,912 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Hurricane was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Haiti

66 of its 102 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 48 of Haiti's 66 stories about harm, carried by 162 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Health

Philippines

184 of its 513 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Whooping cough was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Health

Afghanistan

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Hunger was named in 13 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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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Venezuela

49 of its 82 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (29 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Panama (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (50 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Zimbabwe (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); whooping cough in Philippines (12 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 3 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 21,523 stories about harm among 115,217 counted on 3 Apr.

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In Taiwan, 75% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 115,217 stories, as usual. Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Taiwan's news. A year earlier, on 4 April 2023, 18 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 →

Israel75 in 100 of its 1,912 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Taiwan75 in 100 of its 1,251 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents Haiti65 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Sudan64 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Iran63 in 100 of its 230 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 570 Jerusalem Israel91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 Delhi India51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 212 London UK36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 282 Kampala Uganda30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 40

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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 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: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 lessEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readThailand: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualAjit, India -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 19 outletsCastlebar, Ireland -- health: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsDasu, China -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsCharlotte, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsReno, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 58 stories, carried by 156 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 17 stories, carried by 24 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 15 stories, carried by 17 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

● Ajit India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Castlebar Ireland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Dasu China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Charlotte US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Reno US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 5,719 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Rights & justice22% 4,565 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents22% 4,558 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence14% 3,007 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,201 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 889 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 772 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 396 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 killed6,185 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,274 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,024 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,549 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions418 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced210 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations171 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees145 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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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