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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

how these are picked →
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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
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.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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 readZambia: warmth about its own usualVanuatu: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSlovakia: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMoldova: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualDakar, Senegal -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 13 outletsMetamora, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsColchester, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsMuisne, Ecuador -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsDubuque County, US -- disasters & accidents: 24 stories, carried by 26 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 107 stories, carried by 82 outletsGroningen, Netherlands -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsMinas Gerais, Brazil -- health: 19 stories, carried by 19 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Mexico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Moldova warmth about one and a half times usual ● Philippines warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Dakar Senegal about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Metamora US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Colchester UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Muisne Ecuador about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories ● Dubuque County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 24 stories

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.