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58,323 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 Tunis, arrests in Singapore and people falling ill in Puerto Rico. Tunisia's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 64 in 100 of its 367 stories, usually 26
RegionCentral Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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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Conflict & violence

Tunisia

89 of its 131 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tunis accounted for 72 of Tunisia's 89 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Rights & justice

Singapore

435 of its 2,296 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (182 stories). Dengue was named in 38 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with outbreaks, ebola and flu. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Singapore over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Puerto Rico

235 of its 367 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Outbreaks were named in 186 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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

Lebanon

390 of its 594 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Beirut accounted for 340 of Lebanon's 390 stories about harm, carried by 330 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (248 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

199 of its 379 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Colombo accounted for 153 of Sri Lanka's 199 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Rights & justice

Morocco

56 of its 147 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

56 of its 123 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 45 of Port-au-Prince's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Cholera was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Sierra Leone

36 of its 69 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 8 of Freetown's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Uzbekistan

13 of its 38 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 10 of Andijan's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Haiti (44 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); tuberculosis in South Africa (273 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Rwanda (69 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Costa Rica (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Taiwan (21 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 13 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 58,323 stories about harm among 304,283 counted on 13 May.

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The news turned to Tunisia for the third day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 304,283 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Puerto Rico's news, mentions of outbreaks ran about three times their usual. Tunisia stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 41%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic84 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Syria74 in 100 of its 1,568 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen72 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 82 · mostly conflict & violence Congo71 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq68 in 100 of its 1,128 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US319 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2677 Baghdad Iraq189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 528 Dhaka Bangladesh138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 192 Delhi India108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 568 Phoenix US108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 437

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 lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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 lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: 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 readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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 readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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 readKazakhstan: 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: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: too little coverage to readCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readHeard & 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 lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about its own usualDjibouti: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCambodia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 16 outletsPerth, Australia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 118 stories, carried by 179 outletsCape Mount, Liberia -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 31 outletsOuagadougou, Burkina Faso -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 24 stories, carried by 19 outletsUriri, Kenya -- food & livelihood: 13 stories, carried by 15 outletsGreen Bay, US -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 22 outletsYork County, US -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 15 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

● Kenya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cambodia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ecuador warmth about one and a half times usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Perth Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 118 stories ● Cape Mount Liberia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Sunshine Coast Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 26 stories ● Ouagadougou Burkina Faso about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 24 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 17,897 stories · about as usual Health21% 12,211 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence19% 11,076 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 6,738 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,716 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,992 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,761 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,672 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 killed15,777 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,318 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,850 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,483 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting refugees1,472 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions817 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting evacuations756 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced668 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill90 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 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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