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13,483 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 violence in Kahramanmaras, protests in Algiers (Algeria) and storms in Bangladesh. Türkiye's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTürkiye 58 in 100 of its 243 stories, usually 25
RegionCentral Asia 11 in 100 of its stories, usually 8
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

141 of its 243 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Kahramanmaras accounted for 54 of Türkiye's 141 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (110 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Kahramanmaras stories →
Protests & strikes

Algeria

30 of its 83 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Algiers accounted for 18 of Algeria's 30 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. 10 of Algiers' 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories).

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories). Storms were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Pakistan

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with hiv. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Cameroon

46 of its 89 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Yaounde accounted for 21 of Cameroon's 46 stories about harm, carried by 243 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

Darfur accounted for 53 of Sudan's 134 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Hunger was named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cholera. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Liberia

24 of its 68 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 5 of Monrovia's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

17 of its 39 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

South Korea

70 of its 318 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Kuwait

11 of its 27 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Sudan (47 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Nigeria (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Iran (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in India (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

16 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 13,483 stories about harm among 82,078 counted on 15 Apr.

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The news turned to Türkiye for the second day running. 16 in every 100 of the day's 82,078 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 17. In Türkiye, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. A year earlier, on 15 April 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 16 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan75 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye58 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 25 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon54 in 100 of its 241 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Cameroon52 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 25 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 496 Tehran Iran76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 283 London UK30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221 Hollywood US22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 114 New York US22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125

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'sYemen: 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: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: 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 readNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: 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'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'sCzech 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readVietnam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: 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'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful 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'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice 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

● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 313 stories about harm ● Türkiye about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Sudan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 134 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 276 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as angry as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 641 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 3,307 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,172 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,281 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,039 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Food & livelihood6% 840 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 636 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 599 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 314 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 killed3,038 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,598 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,523 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured773 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people displaced330 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and Sudan Stories reporting refugees128 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sudan and Bangladesh Stories reporting abductions110 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations67 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill13 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 much softer 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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