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11,634 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 Kigali, the earthquake in Ecuador and a disaster in Hualien drew the news. Rwanda's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostRwanda 82 in 100 of its 76 stories, usually 45
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 54 in 100 of its stories, usually 45
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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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

62 of its 76 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kigali accounted for 50 of Rwanda's 62 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kigali stories →
Rights & justice

Ecuador

63 of its 110 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Quito accounted for 62 of Ecuador's 63 stories about harm, carried by 293 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Earthquake was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Quito stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

106 of its 163 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Hualien accounted for 74 of Taiwan's 106 stories about harm, carried by 267 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (68 stories).

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

Iran

147 of its 223 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tehran accounted for 71 of Iran's 147 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

155 of its 335 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kharkiv accounted for 87 of Ukraine's 155 stories about harm, carried by 151 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (98 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Thailand

33 of its 124 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (38 stories). Natural hazards were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

827 of its 1,079 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Sierra Leone

16 of its 30 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Russia (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in US (349 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); storms in UK (60 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); heavy rain in Australia (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Ireland (14 of its stories, more than ten 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 6 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 11,634 stories about harm among 60,708 counted on 6 Apr.

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In Ecuador's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 60,708 stories, above the usual 18. It was the second day running that the news turned to Rwanda. In Rwanda, 82% of the news was about people being harmed, where 45% is usual. A year earlier, on 7 April 2023, 19 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 →

Rwanda82 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Israel77 in 100 of its 1,079 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Iran66 in 100 of its 223 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Syria65 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Taiwan65 in 100 of its 163 stories · usually 39 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 Washington US73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 382 Delhi India37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 163 London UK27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Islamabad Pakistan21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 75

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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'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: too little coverage to readNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAruba: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 241 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as angry as the world's · 147 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 827 stories about harm ● Rwanda about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 155 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 36 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health24% 2,795 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice24% 2,699 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 2,228 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence17% 1,992 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 585 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 513 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 376 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 229 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 killed3,341 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,372 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,361 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured774 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions347 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations140 at about twice the usual rate · most about Russia and the US Stories reporting refugees107 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about the usual rate

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
● Griefa little more than 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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