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17,090 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 drought in Ecuador and people affected in Iceland and Trinidad & Tobago drew the news. Ecuador's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostEcuador 76 in 100 of its 95 stories, usually 43
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Ecuador

72 of its 95 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Quito accounted for 33 of Ecuador's 72 stories about harm, carried by 222 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (38 stories). Drought was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Quito stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iceland

22 of its 44 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Palestine

272 of its 387 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Gaza accounted for 179 of Palestine's 272 stories about harm, carried by 250 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Storms were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, heatwave and heatstroke. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

14 of its 25 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 58 of Iraq's 84 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (235 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

China

Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Flooding was named in 70 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with landslides and heavy rain.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Greece (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in China (70 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heatwave in Bangladesh (15 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); storms in India (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (17 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 22 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 17,090 stories about harm among 98,355 counted on 22 Apr.

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Ecuador's news mentioned the drought about 9 times as often as usual. 17 in every 100 of the day's 98,355 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ecuador, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 43% is usual. On 23 April 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ecuador76 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine70 in 100 of its 387 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Israel66 in 100 of its 1,493 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq45 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan45 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Manhattan US210 stories about protests or strikes, of its 304 Washington US106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 362 London UK78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 309 Jerusalem Israel69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231 Sydney Australia38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 127

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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 lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualNorth Waziristan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 20 outletsPilbara, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsRio de Janeiro, Brazil -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 28 outletsIdaho, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsMaine, US -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 21 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 71 stories, carried by 38 outletsSussex, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 24 stories, carried by 21 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

● North Waziristan Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Pilbara Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 16 stories ● Rio de Janeiro Brazil about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Idaho US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 4,591 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Health27% 4,540 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,640 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,486 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 866 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 779 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 523 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 307 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 killed4,097 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,062 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,955 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured999 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions530 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees215 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Rwanda Stories reporting evacuations174 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about China and Canada Stories reporting people displaced163 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about one and a half times 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 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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