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12,986 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at helicopter crash in Indonesia, rights and justice in Aung Hlaing and violence in Damascus. Indonesia's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCameroon 46 in 100 of its 112 stories, usually 31
RegionCentral Asia 15 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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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

82 of its 208 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Cameroon

52 of its 112 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Bamenda accounted for 21 of Cameroon's 52 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets.

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Conflict & violence

Peru

18 of its 42 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

27 of its 75 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Cambodia

14 of its 37 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Poland

Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Bangladesh

Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Sudan (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Israel (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatwave in India (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in UK (10 of its stories, about three 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 17 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 12,986 stories about harm among 77,669 counted on 17 Apr.

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In Sudan's news, mentions of the hunger ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 77,669 stories, as usual. Indonesia's news was 39% about people being harmed, against a usual 27%. A year earlier, on 17 April 2025, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine56 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Lebanon51 in 100 of its 468 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Syria49 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence Israel49 in 100 of its 630 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Cameroon46 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 484 Tehran Iran49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 241 Beirut Lebanon24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164 London UK23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213 Los Angeles US20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 294

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessYemen: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: no storiesSuriname: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPhilippines: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessPakistan: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: near the world's share or lessFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessEthiopia: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessJammu & Kashmir: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesGuam: 58 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Ukraine: 26 in 100 of its 230 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Uganda: 30 in 100 of its 70 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Tajikistan: 57 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Syria: 49 in 100 of its 57 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)South Sudan: 41 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Sudan: 56 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Sri Lanka: 36 in 100 of its 75 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Somalia: 31 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Solomon Islands: 47 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Sierra Leone: 58 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Rwanda: 30 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Peru: 43 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Nigeria: 24 in 100 of its 1,163 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)New Zealand: 23 in 100 of its 408 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Lithuania: 29 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Lebanon: 51 in 100 of its 468 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Kenya: 23 in 100 of its 238 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Israel: 49 in 100 of its 630 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 56 in 100 of its 85 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Iraq: 37 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Iran: 22 in 100 of its 2,388 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Indonesia: 39 in 100 of its 208 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Haiti: 50 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Fiji: 25 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)El Salvador: 60 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Ecuador: 35 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Denmark: 34 in 100 of its 100 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Cuba: 33 in 100 of its 115 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Côte d’Ivoire: 50 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Cameroon: 46 in 100 of its 112 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Cambodia: 38 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Myanmar: 83 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Burundi: 100 in 100 of its 3 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Bangladesh: 34 in 100 of its 147 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Armenia: 25 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Angola: 44 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Afghanistan: 27 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 56 in 100 of its 85 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 56 in 100 of its 85 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Ukraine: 26 in 100 of its 230 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 56 in 100 of its 85 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 17 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Lebanon 51 in 100 of its 468 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Israel 49 in 100 of its 630 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 56 in 100 of its 85 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Cameroon 46 in 100 of its 112 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Indonesia 39 in 100 of its 208 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Syria 49 in 100 of its 57 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 3,338 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Health25% 3,153 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,047 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,889 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Food & livelihood6% 745 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 678 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 515 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 309 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 killed2,889 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,820 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,510 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured630 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced271 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees74 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations50 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about two-thirds of 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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