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14,861 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 wildfires in Yemen, road crashes in Italy and homes and services in Puerto Rico. Yemen's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostYemen 89 in 100 of its 149 stories, usually 51
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

133 of its 149 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Sanaa accounted for 44 of Yemen's 133 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (104 stories). Wildfires were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three 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 →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

150 of its 604 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories). Road crashes were named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Kashmir

56 of its 112 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jammu accounted for 28 of Kashmir's 56 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Bangladesh

92 of its 232 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Dhaka accounted for 56 of Bangladesh's 92 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Belize

36 of its 114 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Syria

43 of its 72 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Damascus accounted for 25 of Syria's 43 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets.

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Rights & justice

Ghana

61 of its 273 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

Storms were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in France (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Israel (57 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drownings in Australia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 14,861 stories about harm among 78,360 counted on 18 Apr.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Yemen. of the day's 78,360 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. Yemen stood out: 89% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 51%. A year earlier, on 18 April 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen89 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Puerto Rico69 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 37 · mostly shelter & services Palestine62 in 100 of its 181 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Israel61 in 100 of its 661 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Syria60 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 647 Murshidabad India32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 89 Boston US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102 Jerusalem Israel28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109 Delhi India27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 139

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: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi 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 readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNiger: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: 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 lessJordan: 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 lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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 lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & 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 readUK: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualMississippi, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsSussex, UK -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 21 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 39 stories, carried by 19 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsTravis County, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 14 outletsMerseyside, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 27 outletsToronto, Canada -- health: 49 stories, carried by 159 outletsOttawa, Canada -- health: 16 stories, carried by 43 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

● Mississippi US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Sussex UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 39 stories ● Geneva Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Travis County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 3,922 stories · about as usual Rights & justice27% 3,897 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 2,566 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Disasters & accidents15% 2,178 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 783 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 547 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 375 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 280 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 killed3,749 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,763 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,531 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people affected1,505 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions242 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced164 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations91 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees88 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill36 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan

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 much 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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