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10,730 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 violence in Baghdad, a disaster in Bangui and protests in Agadez (Niger). the Central African Republic's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIraq 69 in 100 of its 124 stories, usually 37
RegionSoutheast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

85 of its 124 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Baghdad accounted for 63 of Iraq's 85 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Indonesia

45 of its 111 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 101 of Palestine's 154 stories about harm, carried by 339 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Natural hazards were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

United Arab Emirates

71 of its 179 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Dubai accounted for 66 of the United Arab Emirates' 71 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets.

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Conflict & violence

Qatar

14 of its 64 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Cuba

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Pakistan (33 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in Kenya (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatwave in Bangladesh (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Australia (29 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 18 the day before
20 in 10017 in 10022 Mar29 Mar5 Apr12 Apr20 Apr22 Mar: 18 in 10023 Mar: 20 in 10024 Mar: 20 in 10025 Mar: 18 in 10026 Mar: 19 in 10027 Mar: 18 in 10028 Mar: 18 in 10029 Mar: 18 in 10030 Mar: 18 in 10031 Mar: 18 in 1001 Apr: 18 in 1002 Apr: 18 in 1003 Apr: 19 in 1004 Apr: 18 in 1005 Apr: 19 in 1006 Apr: 19 in 1007 Apr: 19 in 1008 Apr: 17 in 1009 Apr: 17 in 10010 Apr: 18 in 10011 Apr: 18 in 10012 Apr: 17 in 10013 Apr: 19 in 10014 Apr: 19 in 10015 Apr: 18 in 10016 Apr: 17 in 10017 Apr: 18 in 10018 Apr: 18 in 10019 Apr: 18 in 10020 Apr: 18 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 10,730 stories about harm among 61,177 counted on 20 Apr.

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18 in every 100 of the day's 61,177 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 21 April 2023, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq69 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan62 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine61 in 100 of its 251 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Niger61 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Israel59 in 100 of its 763 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 311 Manhattan US69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108 London UK53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 214 Tel Aviv Israel38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 96 Gaza Palestine31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: no storiesUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: no storiesU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: no storiesTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: no storiesEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessJammu & Kashmir: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessVatican City: no storiesMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: near the world's share or lessZimbabwe: 29 in 100 of its 111 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Yemen: 50 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)United Arab Emirates: 40 in 100 of its 179 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ukraine: 26 in 100 of its 762 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Thailand: 38 in 100 of its 128 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Syria: 40 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Sudan: 62 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)South Africa: 26 in 100 of its 296 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Somalia: 48 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Rwanda: 41 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Russia: 34 in 100 of its 362 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Philippines: 27 in 100 of its 253 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Papua New Guinea: 44 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Pakistan: 28 in 100 of its 651 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Nigeria: 23 in 100 of its 1,056 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Niger: 61 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Malaysia: 27 in 100 of its 207 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Lebanon: 31 in 100 of its 39 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Kenya: 26 in 100 of its 163 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Israel: 59 in 100 of its 763 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 61 in 100 of its 251 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Iraq: 69 in 100 of its 124 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Iran: 39 in 100 of its 462 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Indonesia: 41 in 100 of its 111 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Haiti: 54 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ethiopia: 40 in 100 of its 47 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ecuador: 46 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Denmark: 41 in 100 of its 61 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Cuba: 34 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Central African Republic: 65 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Myanmar: 68 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Bosnia: 80 in 100 of its 5 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Bangladesh: 32 in 100 of its 149 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Australia: 23 in 100 of its 1,112 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Afghanistan: 52 in 100 of its 84 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 61 in 100 of its 251 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 61 in 100 of its 251 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ukraine: 26 in 100 of its 762 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 61 in 100 of its 251 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Israel 59 in 100 of its 763 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 61 in 100 of its 251 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Iraq 69 in 100 of its 124 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Sudan 62 in 100 of its 68 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Niger 61 in 100 of its 56 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Afghanistan 52 in 100 of its 84 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 2,925 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Health26% 2,770 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 1,855 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 1,508 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 571 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 387 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 291 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 204 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 killed2,760 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,196 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,094 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured840 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions218 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees139 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced95 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sudan and Israel Stories reporting evacuations58 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Indonesia and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 about as 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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