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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.

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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).

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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.

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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 lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: too little coverage to readFiji: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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 lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualBenue, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 16 outletsKentucky, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsTravis County, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 168 outletsJeddah, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia -- health: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsKranji, Singapore -- health: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsVancouver, Canada -- health: 46 stories, carried by 72 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

● Benue Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 23 stories ● Kentucky US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Travis County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Port-au-Prince Haiti about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 29 stories ● Jeddah Saudi Arabia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories

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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