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6,429 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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Violence in Kyiv and Gaza and people killed in Haiti drew the news. Haiti's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHaiti 89 in 100 of its 63 stories, usually 46
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

64 of its 114 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kyiv accounted for 39 of Ukraine's 64 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (23 stories). Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Rights & justice

Palestine

47 of its 66 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Gaza accounted for 23 of Palestine's 47 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Haiti

56 of its 63 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

75 of its 248 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Cyclone was named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with flooding, heavy rain and power cuts.

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

Nigeria

288 of its 876 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guam

18 of its 25 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Typhoon was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Denmark

15 of its 31 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Peru

15 of its 34 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Lima accounted for 13 of Peru's 15 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Cameroon

9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Kenya

38 of its 105 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Guam (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in China (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in India (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in US (21 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 6,429 stories about harm among 37,082 counted on 12 Apr.

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Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 17 in every 100 of the day's 37,082 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the second day running, the news turned to Ukraine. Ukraine stood out: 56% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 29%. A year earlier, on 12 April 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. This week the news turned most often to Ukraine, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 6 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti89 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 46 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Palestine71 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice Lebanon66 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba63 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Ukraine56 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 29 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 335 Dublin Ireland38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 55 London UK36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 116 Washington US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148 Jerusalem Israel21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: too little coverage to readYemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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'sSomalia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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 readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: 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: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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'sAustralia: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: 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'sIreland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than 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'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● Nigeria about twice as fearful as the world's · 288 stories about harm ● Haiti about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 56 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 550 stories about harm ● Kuwait few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 11 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice24% 1,503 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence23% 1,440 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Health21% 1,358 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 1,065 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 339 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 298 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 204 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 123 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 killed1,711 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests831 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected632 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured484 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions76 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations68 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees32 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about the usual rate

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 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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