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9,660 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 violence in Jammu, people displaced in Darfur and evacuations in Afghanistan. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 61 in 100 of its 147 stories, usually 36
RegionSouth Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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

Kashmir

89 of its 147 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jammu accounted for 40 of Kashmir's 89 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Displacement

Sudan

48 of its 53 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Darfur accounted for 27 of Sudan's 48 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Rights & justice

Afghanistan

54 of its 89 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Natural hazards were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Greece

46 of its 138 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Athens accounted for 33 of Greece's 46 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 86 of Palestine's 104 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 59 of Israel's 252 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

India

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (106 stories). Dust storm was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Health

Australia

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

US

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 70 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with plane crash and food poisoning.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Pakistan (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Brazil (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in China (21 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); dust storm in India (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in US (70 of its stories, about 7 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 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 9,660 stories about harm among 54,460 counted on 12 Apr.

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Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Pakistan's news. of the day's 54,460 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Kashmir stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 36%. A year earlier, on 12 April 2024, 17 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 →

Sudan91 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 63 · mostly displacement Palestine65 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Israel63 in 100 of its 399 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir61 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hudson River US92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 222 Washington US75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 341 Murshidabad India73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98 Gaza Palestine21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 86 Delhi India21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 103

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: too little coverage to readVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 readCzech 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 89 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 252 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 68 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 104 stories about harm ● Nigeria a little warmer than the world's · 213 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 2,656 stories · about as usual Rights & justice27% 2,512 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 1,572 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence15% 1,431 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 483 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 293 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 243 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 243 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 killed2,203 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,073 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,067 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured647 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees86 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations83 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about one and a half times 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 harsher 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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