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34,071 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 protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh), violence in Baghdad and the earthquake in Palestine. Bangladesh's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Nigeria → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostVenezuela 65 in 100 of its 656 stories, usually 38
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 56 in 100 of its stories, usually 47
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

654 of its 1,128 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. 362 of Dhaka's 452 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Tropical storm was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

1,078 of its 1,275 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Baghdad accounted for 932 of Iraq's 1,078 stories about harm, carried by 769 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (735 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Rights & justice

Palestine

838 of its 1,517 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Ramallah accounted for 683 of Palestine's 838 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (229 stories). Earthquake was named in 120 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Ramallah stories →
Health

Denmark

52 of its 133 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Egypt

471 of its 727 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Cairo accounted for 410 of Egypt's 471 stories about harm, carried by 392 outlets. 351 of Cairo's 410 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (355 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Netherlands

118 of its 397 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (99 stories). Drownings were named in 90 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

465 of its 521 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 82%. Mukalla accounted for 381 of Yemen's 465 stories about harm, carried by 343 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (376 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

426 of its 656 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Caracas accounted for 362 of Venezuela's 426 stories about harm, carried by 345 outlets. 302 of Caracas' 362 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

187 of its 554 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Flooding was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

74 of its 200 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Landslides were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Netherlands (90 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Senegal (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Armenia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Philippines (111 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Sri Lanka (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 34,071 stories about harm among 156,048 counted on 15 May.

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In the Netherlands' news, mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. People displaced were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Nigeria. of the day's 156,048 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. This week the news turned most often to Tunisia, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen89 in 100 of its 521 stories · usually 82 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq85 in 100 of its 1,275 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar76 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice Syria74 in 100 of its 745 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela65 in 100 of its 656 stories · usually 38 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US475 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1302 Dhaka Bangladesh362 stories about protests or strikes, of its 452 Cairo Egypt351 stories about protests or strikes, of its 410 Caracas Venezuela302 stories about protests or strikes, of its 362 Ramallah Palestine273 stories about protests or strikes, of its 683

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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 lessVietnam: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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 lessUkraine: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: 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: too little coverage to readNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: 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: too little coverage to readItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: 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 lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: 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 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: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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 readChina: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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 lessBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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 readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuyana: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBotswana: warmth about its own usualJersey: warmth about its own usualAitkin County, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsSanaa, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 18 outletsKansas, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsSeoul, South Korea -- disasters & accidents: 29 stories, carried by 15 outletsKingscliff, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 44 stories, carried by 26 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 17 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- disasters & accidents: 22 stories, carried by 13 outletsChibok, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 22 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

● Dominican Republic warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Aitkin County US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 12 stories ● Sanaa Yemen about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Kansas US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Seoul South Korea about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 29 stories ● Kingscliff Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 44 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 10,635 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence23% 7,840 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Health15% 5,131 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents13% 4,297 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,534 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,339 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 901 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 855 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 killed11,579 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,250 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured4,613 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting people affected4,289 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,020 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and Germany Stories reporting people displaced933 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions429 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting evacuations256 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill25 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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