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14,486 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 Sumy, arrests in Denmark and deaths in the Dominican Republic. Ukraine's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUkraine 61 in 100 of its 572 stories, usually 27
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 30 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

Ukraine

347 of its 572 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Sumy accounted for 249 of Ukraine's 347 stories about harm, carried by 388 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (303 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Sumy stories →
Disasters & accidents

Spain

107 of its 434 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Flooding was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts.

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

Sudan

117 of its 137 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Darfur accounted for 57 of Sudan's 117 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

45 of its 54 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Sanaa accounted for 30 of Yemen's 45 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Peru

52 of its 143 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Vargas Llosa accounted for 45 of Peru's 52 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (44 stories).

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Rights & justice

Belgium

35 of its 114 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories).

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Rights & justice

Algeria

19 of its 34 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Puerto Rico

14 of its 23 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Covid was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Puerto Rico (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (43 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in Australia (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in US (144 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 14 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 14,486 stories about harm among 81,950 counted on 14 Apr.

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Puerto Rico's news mentioned Covid more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 81,950 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Ukraine. Ukraine stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. On 14 April 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan85 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen83 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine61 in 100 of its 572 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence Syria59 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador58 in 100 of its 297 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Texas US105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 172 Washington US98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 568 Murshidabad India46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83 Boston US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 132 Hudson River US32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Venezuela: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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'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'sMorocco: 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'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: 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'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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 readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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 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 three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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

● Ukraine about three times as angry as the world's · 347 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 175 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 306 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 45 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 3,881 stories · about as usual Rights & justice27% 3,763 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 2,271 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents16% 2,263 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 769 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 439 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 401 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 397 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 killed3,450 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,720 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,576 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,003 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions234 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced194 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees136 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about two-thirds of 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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