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17,999 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 news turned to a disaster in Pikelot, people injured in Ethiopia and illness in Darfur. South Korea's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMicronesia 97 in 100 of its 62 stories, usually 45
RegionCentral Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Ethiopia

25 of its 48 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

82 of its 119 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Darfur accounted for 27 of Sudan's 82 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Health

South Korea

79 of its 381 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Argentina

37 of its 108 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Buenos Aires accounted for 25 of Argentina's 37 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories).

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Health

Kenya

93 of its 316 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Haiti

Port-au-Prince accounted for 20 of Haiti's 28 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Earthquake was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (11 stories). Flooding was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

North Korea

15 of its 41 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Covid was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Thailand

68 of its 233 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: covid in North Korea (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Poland (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Russia (56 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in Haiti (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Greece (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 17,999 stories about harm among 104,675 counted on 12 Apr.

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In Micronesia, 97% of the news was about people being harmed, where 45% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 104,675 stories, as usual. Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in North Korea's news. On 13 April 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Micronesia97 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 45 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan69 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Israel63 in 100 of its 1,303 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 260 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan49 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 558 Tel Aviv Israel34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 157 San Francisco US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102 Chicago US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 172 Delhi India26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: 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: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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'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 readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: 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'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMicronesia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Iran about three times as angry as the world's · 154 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 819 stories about harm ● South Korea about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 27 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 156 stories about harm ● Rwanda few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 33 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,033 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,247 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,744 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,455 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,089 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 860 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 799 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 373 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 killed4,373 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,984 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,912 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,027 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions380 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced208 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees176 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 softer than 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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