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19,662 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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Most of the day's attention went to heavy rain in the United Arab Emirates, protests in Tbilisi (Georgia) and people affected in Kashmir. Kashmir's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUnited Arab Emirates 59 in 100 of its 737 stories, usually 11
RegionCentral Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

United Arab Emirates

433 of its 737 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Dubai accounted for 424 of the United Arab Emirates' 433 stories about harm, carried by 552 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (193 stories). Heavy rain was named in 180 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms and wildfires.

United Arab Emirates over 30 days → its stories → Dubai stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

31 of its 51 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Tbilisi accounted for 28 of Georgia's 31 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. 26 of Tbilisi's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

Georgia over 30 days → its stories → Tbilisi stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

70 of its 124 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Ethiopia

33 of its 74 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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

Armenia

29 of its 78 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Côte d’Ivoire

8 of its 16 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 6 of Abidjan's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 173 of Iran's 308 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Heavy rain was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Belgium

69 of its 192 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Brussels accounted for 67 of Belgium's 69 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets.

its stories →
Health

Gambia

18 of its 31 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (33 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in South Africa (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in Australia (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); house fires in UK (23 of its stories, about 4 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 17 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 19,662 stories about harm among 110,934 counted on 17 Apr.

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The United Arab Emirates' news was 59% about people being harmed, against a usual 11%. of the day's 110,934 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to the United Arab Emirates for the second day running. Mentions of heavy rain ran about 4 times their usual in the United Arab Emirates' news. On 18 April 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan70 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Georgia61 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 23 · mostly rights & justice Palestine59 in 100 of its 340 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence United Arab Emirates59 in 100 of its 737 stories · usually 11 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel59 in 100 of its 1,743 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 512 Sydney Australia65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 212 Jerusalem Israel55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 262 London UK41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 320 Manhattan US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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 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 readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 lessJapan: 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: too little coverage to readIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualIdaho, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsNorth Waziristan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsMontana, US -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 19 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsMaynooth, Ireland -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsNanaimo, Canada -- health: 10 stories, carried by 38 outletsChhattisgarh, India -- conflict & violence: 43 stories, carried by 37 outletsOkanagan, Canada -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 36 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

● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Idaho US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● North Waziristan Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Nottingham UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Maynooth Ireland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 5,392 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 5,007 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents16% 3,056 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,741 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 986 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 882 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 803 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 403 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 killed4,825 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,125 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,958 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,076 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions541 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees195 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced183 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations118 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Indonesia and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill13 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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