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16,694 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 illness in Rome, violence in Pahalgam and the drought in Ethiopia. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostKashmir 80 in 100 of its 369 stories, usually 41
RegionSouth Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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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Health

Italy

370 of its 1,144 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Rome accounted for 293 of Italy's 370 stories about harm, carried by 399 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (183 stories). Illness was named in 190 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Rome stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

296 of its 369 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Pahalgam accounted for 184 of Kashmir's 296 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (120 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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

Ethiopia

22 of its 52 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Drought was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hunger and storms.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Argentina

101 of its 255 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Buenos Aires accounted for 72 of Argentina's 101 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Philippines

156 of its 569 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Typhoon was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with respiratory illness and cyclone.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

7 of Darfur's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Vatican City

83 of its 156 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Croatia

7 of its 18 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

India

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (190 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (31 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in Australia (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in Pakistan (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); polio in Israel (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in US (28 of its stories, about 4 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 22 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 16,694 stories about harm among 92,945 counted on 22 Apr.

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In Ethiopia's news, mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 92,945 stories, as usual. Italy's news was 32% about people being harmed, against a usual 18%. A year earlier, on 22 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 →

Kashmir80 in 100 of its 369 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan59 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti58 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Palestine56 in 100 of its 215 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Vatican City53 in 100 of its 156 stories · usually 37 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 746 Manhattan US69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181 Boston US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168 New York US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 225 London UK28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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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: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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 readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited 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'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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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: 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: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: 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 readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: 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 readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLatvia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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'sVatican City: coverage about three times as grief-stricken 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 · 296 stories about harm ● Vatican City about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● Italy about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 370 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 362 stories about harm ● Argentina about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 101 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 37 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 5,329 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice24% 3,891 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Conflict & violence15% 2,513 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,362 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 856 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 615 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 446 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 355 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 killed4,153 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,672 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,667 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,097 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions189 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced158 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sudan and Israel Stories reporting refugees139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations82 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting people falling ill33 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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
● Griefa little more than usual
● Feara little more than 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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