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17,130 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 Darfur and Sydney and storms in Oman. Oman's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostOman 62 in 100 of its 79 stories, usually 16
RegionOceania 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

192 of its 270 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Darfur accounted for 60 of Sudan's 192 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Dengue was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with measles. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Disasters & accidents

Oman

49 of its 79 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Oman over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Australia

894 of its 3,044 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Sydney accounted for 571 of Australia's 894 stories about harm, carried by 761 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (294 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Australia over 30 days → its stories → Sydney stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

60 of its 129 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Landslides were named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

53 of its 100 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Baghdad accounted for 39 of Iraq's 53 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

80 of its 136 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Kabul accounted for 36 of Afghanistan's 80 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Tanzania

12 of its 28 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Health

Portugal

28 of its 120 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

32 of its 84 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Indonesia (35 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in Singapore (36 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in Papua New Guinea (15 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in Pakistan (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in UK (64 of its stories, about three times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 17,130 stories about harm among 96,322 counted on 15 Apr.

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Of the day's 96,322 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 16 April 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan71 in 100 of its 270 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Oman62 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 16 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine58 in 100 of its 239 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq53 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 294 Tehran Iran79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 337 Sydney Australia68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 571 Chicago US57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 172 Washington US56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 378

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: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle 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'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: 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 Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: 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 readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful 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'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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'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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times 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 twice as angry as the world's · 586 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 1,095 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 234 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 150 stories about harm ● Sudan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 192 stories about harm ● Rwanda few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 29 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 4,614 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 3,903 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 2,999 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,712 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 983 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 708 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 523 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 320 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 killed5,011 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,814 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,753 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,369 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions522 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced280 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sudan and Israel Stories reporting refugees152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill12 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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