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61,091 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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The day's news pointed at landslides in Haiti, protests in Agua Zarca (Honduras) and illness in Dakar. Haiti's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHaiti 81 in 100 of its 183 stories, usually 29
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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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Disasters & accidents

Haiti

148 of its 183 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Gonaives accounted for 117 of Haiti's 148 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (132 stories). Landslides were named in 75 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Gonaives stories →
Protests & strikes

Honduras

271 of its 299 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Agua Zarca accounted for 218 of Honduras' 271 stories about harm, carried by 211 outlets. 216 of Agua Zarca's 218 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (253 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Agua Zarca stories →
Health

Senegal

117 of its 176 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Dakar accounted for 100 of Senegal's 117 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (60 stories). Ebola was named in 84 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

218 of its 479 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). HIV was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Kenya

1,015 of its 1,546 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Nairobi accounted for 732 of Kenya's 1,015 stories about harm, carried by 525 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (598 stories). Hypothermia was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Vietnam

124 of its 396 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 14 of Hanoi's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Accidents were named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Namibia

71 of its 142 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Bangladesh

655 of its 959 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Iran

352 of its 1,079 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ukraine

100 of its 201 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 30 of Odessa's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Costa Rica (16 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cholera in Palestine (119 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Vietnam (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (49 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Armenia (23 of its stories, more than ten 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 3 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 61,091 stories about harm among 318,877 counted on 3 May.

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In Haiti, 81% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 318,877 stories, as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palau93 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 47 · mostly health Honduras91 in 100 of its 299 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Haiti81 in 100 of its 183 stories · usually 29 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria79 in 100 of its 2,306 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen76 in 100 of its 254 stories · usually 79 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria557 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1329 Washington US326 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2409 Delhi India236 stories about protests or strikes, of its 623 Agua Zarca Honduras216 stories about protests or strikes, of its 218 Marin County US193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 376

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'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: feelings about like the world'sCayman 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: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: 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'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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGabon: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'sBotswana: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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 readJammu & 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): 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'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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNauru: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Senegal about twice as warm as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,266 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,825 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as angry as the world's · 219 stories about harm ● Haiti about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 148 stories about harm ● Finland about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 61 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 18,558 stories · about as usual Health22% 13,157 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence20% 11,772 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents13% 7,645 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,668 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 2,004 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,721 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,260 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 killed18,808 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests8,091 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,378 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,617 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees1,223 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Australia and Türkiye Stories reporting abductions1,217 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced717 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations288 at about half the usual rate · most about Canada and Iran Stories reporting people falling ill150 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the Bahamas

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
● Griefa little more than 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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