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7,731 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 landslides in Kashmir, violence in Sanaa and protests in Tunis (Tunisia). Yemen's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 64 in 100 of its 168 stories, usually 39
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

107 of its 168 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jammu accounted for 46 of Kashmir's 107 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (41 stories). Landslides were named in 69 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, heavy rain and storms. 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.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

47 of its 61 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Sanaa accounted for 27 of Yemen's 47 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

215 of its 683 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Djibouti

7 of its 10 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 110 of Israel's 359 stories about harm, carried by 457 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Benin

9 of its 11 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Zambia

9 of its 13 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Germany

49 of its 195 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

46 of its 173 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Australia (15 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); building collapse in India (27 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); plane crash in US (46 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 19 the day before
20 in 10016 in 10022 Mar29 Mar5 Apr12 Apr20 Apr22 Mar: 19 in 10023 Mar: 20 in 10024 Mar: 18 in 10025 Mar: 17 in 10026 Mar: 17 in 10027 Mar: 17 in 10028 Mar: 18 in 10029 Mar: 19 in 10030 Mar: 19 in 10031 Mar: 18 in 1001 Apr: 18 in 1002 Apr: 18 in 1003 Apr: 17 in 1004 Apr: 18 in 1005 Apr: 18 in 1006 Apr: 20 in 1007 Apr: 18 in 1008 Apr: 17 in 1009 Apr: 16 in 10010 Apr: 17 in 10011 Apr: 17 in 10012 Apr: 18 in 10013 Apr: 19 in 10014 Apr: 18 in 10015 Apr: 18 in 10016 Apr: 17 in 10017 Apr: 17 in 10018 Apr: 19 in 10019 Apr: 19 in 10020 Apr: 19 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 7,731 stories about harm among 41,263 counted on 20 Apr.

Read the day's briefing

Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 19 in every 100 of the day's 41,263 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Kashmir. Kashmir stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 39%. On 20 April 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Yemen, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen77 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine68 in 100 of its 156 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir64 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 39 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel62 in 100 of its 581 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador51 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 304 London UK26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 116 Murshidabad India24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 40 Islamabad Pakistan19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 46 Boston US16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 35

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: 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 readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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 readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: 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 fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: 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'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer 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 one and a half times 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 · 359 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 106 stories about harm ● Kashmir about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 107 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Djibouti few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 7 stories about harm ● Lebanon few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 33 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 1,988 stories · about as usual Health24% 1,802 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents20% 1,516 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 1,297 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 418 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 244 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 164 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 142 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 killed2,053 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people affected864 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests850 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured647 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions187 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced132 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees69 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations34 at about half the usual rate · most about the UK and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan

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.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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