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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.

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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 readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: 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: too little coverage to readCape 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 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: 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 readJapan: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualKogi, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsBisham, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsLakki Marwat, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsDenver, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsFlorida, US -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 22 outletsTokyo, Japan -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsSussex, UK -- rights & justice: 13 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

● Kogi Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Bisham Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Lakki Marwat Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Denver US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories

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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