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50,373 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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Protests in Baghdad (Iraq), evacuations in Nauru and people injured in Hong Kong drew the news. Iraq's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostMoldova 94 in 100 of its 71 stories, usually 26
RegionSoutheast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

981 of its 1,366 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Baghdad accounted for 712 of Iraq's 981 stories about harm, carried by 652 outlets. 412 of Baghdad's 712 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (504 stories). Power cuts were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Displacement

Nauru

74 of its 90 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Outbreaks were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Nauru over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Hong Kong

132 of its 285 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

North Korea

189 of its 428 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories). Snowstorms were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Egypt

514 of its 763 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Cairo accounted for 454 of Egypt's 514 stories about harm, carried by 340 outlets. 428 of Cairo's 454 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (91 stories). Poisoning was named in 90 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with road crashes.

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Protests & strikes

Hungary

139 of its 284 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Budapest accounted for 126 of Hungary's 139 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. 114 of Budapest's 126 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (112 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Honduras

133 of its 169 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 56 of Agua Zarca's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (123 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Vietnam

217 of its 531 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 89 of Hanoi's 103 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (138 stories). Poisoning was named in 94 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatstroke.

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Protests & strikes

Ukraine

193 of its 313 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 116 of Odessa's 121 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Indonesia

348 of its 655 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (110 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hypothermia in New Zealand (175 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Vietnam (94 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Cambodia (64 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in Senegal (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Egypt (90 of its stories, about three 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 2 May. 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 50,373 stories about harm among 264,165 counted on 2 May.

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Mentions of the hypothermia ran more than ten times their usual in New Zealand's news. of the day's 264,165 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia. Iraq's news was 72% about people being harmed, against a usual 62%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Moldova94 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 26 · mostly displacement Nauru82 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 40 · mostly displacement Honduras79 in 100 of its 169 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Iraq72 in 100 of its 1,366 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Egypt67 in 100 of its 763 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Cairo Egypt428 stories about protests or strikes, of its 454 Baghdad Iraq412 stories about protests or strikes, of its 712 Los Angeles US291 stories about protests or strikes, of its 766 Aleppo Syria247 stories about protests or strikes, of its 727 San Francisco US242 stories about protests or strikes, of its 601

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'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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: 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'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTonga: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little angrier than 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'sSlovakia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorway: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMoldova: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalta: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNauru: coverage about twice as fearful 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

● Lebanon about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Honduras about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 133 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 254 stories about harm ● Nauru about twice as fearful as the world's · 74 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as angry as the world's · 918 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 96 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 15,170 stories · less than usual (usually 33%) Conflict & violence19% 9,442 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Health19% 9,218 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents16% 8,092 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,468 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,460 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,293 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,261 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 killed15,410 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,359 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,702 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,264 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions922 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees718 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nauru Stories reporting people displaced480 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations327 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Canada and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill145 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little less 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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