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18,126 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 the earthquake in Türkiye, violence in Kyiv and people killed in the Bahamas. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostArmenia 68 in 100 of its 114 stories, usually 21
RegionSouth Asia 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Disasters & accidents

Türkiye

95 of its 222 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Istanbul accounted for 71 of Türkiye's 95 stories about harm, carried by 158 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Earthquake was named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

537 of its 898 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Kyiv accounted for 429 of Ukraine's 537 stories about harm, carried by 759 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (397 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Pakistan

540 of its 1,092 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Islamabad accounted for 208 of Pakistan's 540 stories about harm, carried by 255 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (307 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

78 of its 114 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

410 of its 546 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Pahalgam accounted for 292 of Kashmir's 410 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Benin

19 of its 24 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

India

1,803 of its 4,939 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (989 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

24 of its 60 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Poisoning was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Colombia (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Jersey (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); respiratory illness in Philippines (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Nigeria (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); diphtheria in US (27 of its stories, about 6 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 24 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 18,126 stories about harm among 95,807 counted on 24 Apr.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Türkiye. of the day's 95,807 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 24 April 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 today. Türkiye's news was 43% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Kashmir75 in 100 of its 546 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Armenia68 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 21 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine66 in 100 of its 256 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda65 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine60 in 100 of its 898 stories · usually 33 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 603 New Delhi India70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 490 Islamabad Pakistan33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 208 Kyiv Ukraine32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 429 Hollywood US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 189

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'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: too little coverage to readIsle 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'sTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIran: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: 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'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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'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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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'sAfghanistan: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times 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'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as 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 three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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 three times as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage about one and a half 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 · 410 stories about harm ● Armenia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 78 stories about harm ● India about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,803 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 537 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 441 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 170 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 4,720 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence24% 4,330 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Rights & justice23% 4,156 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents14% 2,420 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 901 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 583 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 462 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 255 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 killed5,467 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests1,823 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,517 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured1,413 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions239 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced184 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations82 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people falling ill36 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Canada and the US

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
● Griefa little more than usual
● Fearabout one and a half times 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.