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10,062 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 violence in Kigali, the earthquake in Ecuador and a disaster in Hualien. Rwanda's coverage was about 4 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 twice the usual rate, most often about Russia and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostRwanda 93 in 100 of its 136 stories, usually 47
RegionCentral Asia 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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

127 of its 136 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kigali accounted for 93 of Rwanda's 127 stories about harm, carried by 368 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Ecuador

69 of its 118 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Quito accounted for 62 of Ecuador's 69 stories about harm, carried by 299 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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

Taiwan

83 of its 147 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Hualien accounted for 48 of Taiwan's 83 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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

Ukraine

199 of its 412 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (85 stories). Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,060 of its 1,423 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Tel Aviv accounted for 335 of Israel's 1,060 stories about harm, carried by 513 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

88 of its 149 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Tehran accounted for 48 of Iran's 88 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

197 of its 565 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

India

821 of its 3,647 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Cyclone was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cholera and dengue.

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Disasters & accidents

Kazakhstan

9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Italy (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ireland (21 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); heavy rain in Australia (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Russia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Ukraine (11 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 7 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 10,062 stories about harm among 53,126 counted on 7 Apr.

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The news turned to Rwanda for the third day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 53,126 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Russia and the US. Rwanda's news was 93% about people being harmed, against a usual 47%. This week the news turned most often to Taiwan, on 5 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 →

Rwanda93 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Israel74 in 100 of its 1,423 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine61 in 100 of its 225 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Iran59 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Ecuador58 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tel Aviv Israel153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 335 Delhi India64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Washington US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 160 Kigali Rwanda24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93 Quito Ecuador22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 62

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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'sGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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 readCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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

● Rwanda about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 127 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 197 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 1,060 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 88 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 199 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 280 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 2,458 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice23% 2,248 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 2,059 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents17% 1,651 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 507 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 383 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 321 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 234 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 killed3,038 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people affected1,170 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured813 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting abductions468 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced178 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations160 at about twice the usual rate · most about Russia and the US Stories reporting refugees109 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.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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