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16,605 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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Violence in Sanaa, people killed in Argentina and road crashes in Italy drew the news. Yemen's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBelize 44 in 100 of its 64 stories, usually 19
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

37 of its 56 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Sanaa accounted for 23 of Yemen's 37 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Argentina

23 of its 79 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

139 of its 672 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Road crashes were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Somalia

28 of its 47 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Moscow accounted for 110 of Russia's 177 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Cambodia

Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Hunger was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

Jammu accounted for 33 of Kashmir's 43 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Belize

28 of its 64 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories).

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Rights & justice

Jordan

27 of its 104 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Cambodia (17 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (38 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Colombia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ireland (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about three 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 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 16,605 stories about harm among 96,226 counted on 17 Apr.

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Cambodia's news mentioned the hunger about 9 times as often as usual. 17 in every 100 of the day's 96,226 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Yemen, 66% of the news was about people being harmed, where 52% is usual. On 17 April 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine67 in 100 of its 225 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen66 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Israel63 in 100 of its 720 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan59 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador51 in 100 of its 257 stories · usually 49 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 731 Murshidabad India36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 71 Gaza Palestine29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 114 Boston US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Manhattan US23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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 readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: 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'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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

● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 453 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 235 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 150 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● South Sudan few stories a little warmer than the world's · 19 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 4,765 stories · about as usual Rights & justice28% 4,484 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,468 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence13% 2,188 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 713 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 653 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 649 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 360 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 killed3,483 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,873 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,659 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,092 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions273 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced197 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations85 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill25 at about the usual rate

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.